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[–] wafflez@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (38 children)
[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 34 points 1 year ago (17 children)
  1. Connect old PC to TV. Both can be 15 years old.
  2. (optional) For better performance, get a small SSD alongside the big HDD (a 64GB / partition will do), maybe have a homemade NAS ready too
  3. Install Lubuntu, Mint XFCE, Puppy Linux or any other distro of choice
  4. Set up KDE Connect, qBittorrent and VLC
  5. Enjoy
[–] Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Could you use a pi ? Do you have any recommendations on ssd / hdd

[–] Lupara@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You'd be better off with a used office pc, something with a 4. Or 6. gen Intel CPU is usually cheaper than a RPI and way more versatile. Only thing you lose on is size and power consumption.

[–] Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'll need to look into that then

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