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  • I’m seriously considering this. Interesting to know adding a GPU would help for video streaming, I have an unsued GTX1060. The only thing preventing me to do this, is that the setup process of rge server look quite complicated. I know it seems simple and obvious for the geek/linus community, but I spent the last evening warltching tutorials on how to do this, and none of them was using the same method and tools, and they all had some networking skills that I dont have. I’m definitely no digital idiot, but playing with network parameters is intimidating. In case something goes wrong, which will probably happen, I would probably get stuck for a while.

    Do you know any good tutorials on an easy way to do this? Also, I have 2 computer I could use, which one would you recommend?

    • i5 750 (oberclocked to 3.6), 12gb ram, gtx1060
    • Macbook pro mid-2012, i7 2.6Ghz, 16gb ram, geforce GT 650m. Both have SSD. My plan would be to attach an external 6tb HD on USB 3.

    Cheers and thanks for the help




  • Actually, I’m avoiding to work with the IT as much as possible. My univ has a contract with Microsoft for the 365 suite so they push us to use that. I’m pretty much the only teacher that cares about privacy and the use of FOSS, so I’m on my own for everything.

    I dont completely understand the implication of self-hosting but everything seems to come back to this. Here are a few question I have.

    • Could I do it on an old computer running Windows?
    • Or could my modern home computer be the server?
    • The computer acting as a server would need to be on, and online all the time for me to access the files?
    • Would I be able to stream large files (video, audio, etc.) in real-time?
    • Would I need to add an SSD if I use the old PC.

    Thanks for the help!