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Re:The internet is held together with spit and baling wire by Teever on Friday November 26, 2021 @03:23PM (#29353724)
> There was never a time when your end consumer device could be used as even a semi-reliable web server.

I dunno man, My used T420 laptop is serving several sites over a residential symmetrical fiber connection just fine.

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Re:The internet is held together with spit and baling wire by amatecha on Friday November 26, 2021 @03:30PM (#29353783)
My first self-hosted web server was running on a 486 and ran for a few years hosting four or so sites, including a php-based forum!
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Re:The internet is held together with spit and baling wire by rvense on Friday November 26, 2021 @05:37PM (#29354967)
Built-in UPS and KVM, too. Keep it cool and stock up on PSUs and that'll last you a long time.
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