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If servers can be compared to automobiles, which aspect of IT can this be compared to ?
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OrangePumkin piefed.nl OrangePumkin@piefed.nl
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slazer2au lemmy.world slazer2au@lemmy.world
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Type 1 hypervisor

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neidu3 sh.itjust.works neidu3@sh.itjust.works
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A USB crapgadget built around a raspberry pi; It can record audio, stream video, mine bitcoin, it has a local LLM running, it takes voice commands, and it enumerated as a flash drive if you connect it to a host.

And it's pretty awful at all those things.

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SubArcticTundra lemmy.ml SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-03
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Server running on a repurposed old Android

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the_weez midwest.social jodanlime@midwest.social
Joined: 2023-08-07
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This is like one of those giant laptop servers for very remote locations.

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OrangePumkin piefed.nl OrangePumkin@piefed.nl
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Type 1 hypervisor

Is type 1 hypervisor also a kind of server ?

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OrangePumkin piefed.nl OrangePumkin@piefed.nl
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This is like one of those giant laptop servers for very remote locations.

Why giant ? Laptops aren't giant.

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slazer2au lemmy.world slazer2au@lemmy.world
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Is type 1 hypervisor also a kind of server ?

A type 1 hypervisor is software you install on a bare metal server so the server can become an ATV of servers.

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OrangePumkin piefed.nl OrangePumkin@piefed.nl
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A type 1 hypervisor is software you install on a bare metal server so the server can become an ATV of servers.

Sounds pretty interesting.

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the_weez midwest.social jodanlime@midwest.social
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Why giant ? Laptops aren't giant.

This is what I was thinking about.

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OrangePumkin piefed.nl OrangePumkin@piefed.nl
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This is what I was thinking about.

What is this ??

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the_weez midwest.social jodanlime@midwest.social
Joined: 2023-08-07
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What is this ??

Well, it's a giant laptop server.
Basically, you have a team in a remote location, they need some file services or something and the internet isn't going to be good enough. You send a server monkey with one of these to set up a network and some basic services like file sharing, when the project is done you pack it up and bring it back to home base.

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OrangePumkin piefed.nl OrangePumkin@piefed.nl
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Well, it's a giant laptop server. Basically, you have a team in a remote location, they need some file services or something and the internet isn't going to be good enough. You send a server monkey with one of these to set up a network and some basic services like file sharing, when the project is done you pack it up and bring it back to home base.

Is this real ?

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the_weez midwest.social jodanlime@midwest.social
Joined: 2023-08-07
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Is this real ?

I don't think that I'm making this up or anything.
https://www.getac.com/us/products/laptops/x600-server/

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