Here's a photo of the laptop. I have the wifi adapter working right now, and left it on all night to get that battery charged. It finally took a charge after being dead for 10 years! Lithium.
Anyway, this laptop is 11" x 7.5" in size, and came with Dolby audio, and a full DVD burner/player! The lcd is 10.5" diagonally. So far, it's working perfect as a Channels server. I even set it to record Metv "Perry Mason" last night to its internal drive at 11:30pm, and am watching that now. Completely flawless! Even over 2.4Ghz wifi!
It sure is. It was state of the art back in 2006, and still looks like a million bucks! Only used it up at the cabin for watching videos. Since it's a Sony, it didn't cost quite that much, but close, lol.Great being able to put that old laptop to use again!
Great to hear! Keep us posted on your progress with a drive and recordings!
P.S. Props to lparsons21 for first suggestion of finding terminal program. I came in after that.
Should this external harddrive be capable of working on this laptop, using Linux, for recordings? Maybe not, since the laptop is only USB 2.0. Unless USB 3.0 would also work on Usb 2.0?: Amazon product ASIN B00ODEGWN8View: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ODEGWN8
Is there any NEED for an antivirus program on Linux? If so, which freebie one would work best, and not also include a Firewall?
Is there any NEED for an antivirus program on Linux? If so, which freebie one would work best, and not also include a Firewall?
It's going to be hardwired ethernet based. I just went wifi for now, so I could have it in my lap to play with.You're probably asking for headaches in the long term setting up a server on a Wifi-connected, Centrino-based computer. Hardware resources will likely will bite you at every turn.
I only roll out that vintage when I have something that requires DOS and an RS-232 port.
Ok, maybe it's best to leave it in "ondemand" mode. It seems pretty aggressive in cranking it up as needed. Don't want it getting too hot for no reason.lparsons21
I noticed that the cpu "Frequency Policy" in Control Panel, boots up into "ondemand" mode. Which means the processor throttles itself, around 600Mhz. I can manually switch it to "performance" mode, and as long as that session stays up, it'll STAY on 1200Mhz, full bore.
Is there a command I can run, so that in the bootup, that'll FORCE it to ONLY use "performance" mode? I can't seem to find anything in the desktop options to permanently force that.
TDE Control Module is at the top of the tab for the processor window. So, that's probably the control name?
No need, unless having one just gives you piece of mindIs there any NEED for an antivirus program on Linux? If so, which freebie one would work best, and not also include a Firewall?
Thanks!No need, unless having one just gives you piece of mind
Not true. I ran Windows for years, only depending on Win Defender and never had a problem. I do have Malwarebytes Pro but it never, ever catches anything.Thanks!
No, I'd prefer to go without for this server. Of course, IF I was running Windows, you don't DARE go without...
Windows Defender IS an antivirus program. A pretty good one at that.Not true. I ran Windows for years, only depending on Win Defender and never had a problem. I do have Malwarebytes Pro but it never, ever catches anything.
Now on older versions of Windows, like XP and WIn 7, oh yeah, I always had an AV running.
The Linux kernel v4.14.0 and later implement a feature called CPUFreq that allows control of the CPU parameters using an appropriate Linux driver for the architecture (Intel 940M?) along with a text file.
Depending on your distro, you may have access through a command line utility or a GUI plugin in the settings.
There's a text file that can be used to set the range. Another solution would be to set up a cron job to run the script. This is done with a line beginning with a reboot directive (since the forum software interprets the @ sign as a user reference) in the root crontab. Ignoring any proprietary fluff, here's an example:The Linux kernel v4.14.0 and later implement a feature called CPUFreq that allows control of the CPU parameters using an appropriate Linux driver for the architecture (Intel 940M?) along with a text file.
I can control it via a window setting, OR via command line. Problem is, it only survives that session. IF I power down, and boot back up, it's back to the default setting.
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