I have some desktops (the tower kind) lying around and I’m wondering if there’s a way that I can connect them all to one display and combine their computational power or at least make them all accessible in one place. I want to get into server hosting but only have one monitor. They’re currently running LMDE.

Any ideas?

  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    11·
    7 days ago

    You don’t need to connect them to a display. Give them power and network, and access them remotely via ssh (or graphical protocol if you really want to, but unless you specifically want to run interactive GUIs there’s not much point).

    As for combining their power… it depends on what kind of work you want to do.

    • countrypunk@slrpnk.netOP
      4·
      7 days ago

      I’m thinking use it to host a Minecraft or matrix server. I’m not expierenced with networking so nothing super advanced.

      • DeathByDenim@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        7 days ago

        Matrix server is pretty complicated. You’ll need a reverse proxy, SSL certificates, and preferably a database like Postgresql. Minecraft would be a lot easier.

        Either way, a lot of it would involve the command-line anyway, so I would second the SSH suggestion. It’s fairly easy to set up. When installing Ubuntu Server for example it asks you right away if you want to install one.