I got this PC from my dad when he upgraded in like December ish. I’ve been running Kubuntu on it and just using it like a sort of general purpose desktop for me and my wife, but I’ve got a hankering for some tinkering and feel like it has more potential, so I’d love some project ideas!

  • monk@lemmy.unboiled.info
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    15 hours ago

    Get rid of the dGPU power comsumption at all costs, as it’s underpowered for anything serious.

    Enable Intel AMT so that you get hardware level remote control, including power control.

    Afet that it’s a now-weak power-hungry CPU with weak cooling, but a decent amount of RAM, so, IDK, a buildserver or a VM host for scenarios when something needs to happen in the background, but latency doesn’t matter.