>>34 here I have it sitting headless now. I am typing this over RDP from the machine (thank you, xrdp). I unplugged the DVD drive and the machine is no longer haunted, haven't had it power up for no reason, and (obviously) it doesn't eject the DVD drive since that's unplugged.
I considered putting Windows on it, but I have nothing I'd really run on Windows 7 anymore, and putting 10 on it, even a trimmed down one, would just be a mistake. It's running Debian 13.
I want to use this machine for something other than just powering it on once in a while for funsies, but it's really not fast, and it uses more power than I'd like for something I'd leave on all day like a Pi. It is arguably worse than my Pi 4? My sysbench result is weirdly terrible:
sysbench --threads=1 cpu run
C2D: 369.52 events per second Pi4: 1460.07 events per second
The C2D doesn't feel THAT much slower, but it doesn't feel faster either (the Pi 4 is also being accessed over RDP).
I have it sitting headless now. I am typing this over RDP from the machine (thank you, xrdp). I unplugged the DVD drive and the machine is no longer haunted, haven't had it power up for no reason, and (obviously) it doesn't eject the DVD drive since that's unplugged.
I considered putting Windows on it, but I have nothing I'd really run on Windows 7 anymore, and putting 10 on it, even a trimmed down one, would just be a mistake. It's running Debian 13.
I want to use this machine for something other than just powering it on once in a while for funsies, but it's really not fast, and it uses more power than I'd like for something I'd leave on all day like a Pi. It is arguably worse than my Pi 4? My sysbench result is weirdly terrible:
sysbench --threads=1 cpu run
C2D: 369.52 events per second
Pi4: 1460.07 events per second
The C2D doesn't feel THAT much slower, but it doesn't feel faster either (the Pi 4 is also being accessed over RDP).