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Good laptop to use as Owncast server? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Apologies if this post ain't right for this community! I'm admittedly not interested in self-hosting myself, but I've a close buddy who's wanting to get back to streaming, but rightfully hates Amazon. He's wanting to self-host with Owncast to do video streaming with his pals, but lives in a very small flat with very little free space - hence the request for a laptop.

Ideally he's needing something great for video encoding, and Linux friendly to boot. No Windows. Mate's got a budget of ~£1,000.

If there's a better community for this lemme know!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)

with a $1000 budget they might want to consider building a computer as desktops usually provide better performance/per cost rather than buying a $1000 laptop

desktop pcs can also be small if a small form-factor like ITX or mini-ITX is chosen (although mini-ITX can be pricey)

building is incredibly easy as there's a plethora of tutorial vids online and you're less likely to get screwed over by an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) or retailer

the fediverse here also has an active community for support c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: [email protected]

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