I’ve been thinking about this old desktop machine under my desk that hasn’t been used in years. I’m thinking the death of the desktop computer is not too far ahead for me. I can’t see myself buying another in my lifetime and my building days ended in the mid 90s. I don’t really have a need for this thing at all, I don’t game, I’m pretty much off the internet already. Ageing out of all of it I suppose.

My question is, as a bit of a weekend hobby, is it feasible for a bit of an ordinary Joe, middle/a little older aged, to go from a life in MS and never having to run a server or hosting anything, to follow something like this to any meaningful outcome? https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/5911320

I write a bit of vba, do a fair bit of querying to a database someone else maintains for a living. (SQL). Again, never much but basic tables and queries/procedures.

The desktop currently is: OS: windows 10 home Processor: Intel i7-6700k @ 4GHz Graphics: GTX970 Ram: 16gb

Kidding myself? Obviously I’m thinking Linux and learning a new OS to some extent would in theory be in the mix.

  • Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    This is the perfect machine to play around with linux on. If you’re going to toss the computer anyway, you have zero stakes to learn a new OS.

    I’d use Windows’ Media Creation Tool to make Windows installation media. If your linux journey doesn’t work out or you get bored, you can slap a factory Windows image on it and sell it on eBay or Facebook Marketplace. You can probably get $100-120 for it, maybe more.