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On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 12:38 AM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> I'm running a Core2-duo desktop from 2008 with 3 gigs of ram. I want |
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> to run it into the ground, not throw it away while it's still |
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> functional. |
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Unfortunately this isn't a viable strategy because typically you will, |
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in a few months, if not a single month, spend more in electricity |
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costs than you would purchasing a new single board computer. |
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> With Gentoo optimization, pluse using ICEWM, it's generally |
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> snappy. But there are a few web pages that throw the kitchen sink of |
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> 3rd-pary adservers+trackers. 178 unique servers for one web page will |
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> peg the load from the web browser to 150% of 1 cpu core. On a 2-core |
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> machine, that is bad. The browser is unresponsive for a few seconds at |
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> a time. |
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> I'm building up a rather large hosts file, but the adservers have a |
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> gazillion subnames for each domain, in a deliberate attempt to bypass |
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> hosts files. It would be more effective block entire domains. Is there |
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> a lightweight DNS server, or some iptables trick, or whatever, that'll |
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> block specified domains? |
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Your single board computer of choice should be able to handle this. If |
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you need routing capability you are better off building a computer |
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from scratch. There's mini-ITX boards available with soldered-on |
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processors that are probably comparable to your system from 2008, but |
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they use far less electricity. |
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You could also buy a router and replace the firmware with OpenWRT. |
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Most have enough space for some pretty involved service provisioning. |
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R0b0t1. |