High all, it's been a while since 2021........
I recently had an interaction with Microsoft, my Hotmail account, which I almost never use was hacked. While they helped me fix it they turned my local login into a Microsoft login and after searching through a miasma of unnecessary and out of date info for an hour I did a fresh install. Wait? No local account setup option??!! Thank God for workaround how tos.........
However this has led to me questioning my continued need for a Windows desktop. In fact the only reason I have a Windows desktop is because I game, if it wasn't for that I wouldn't be here which leads to my potential change.
I am considering setting up a private home server (Windows based) to run Steam on and take my Win 11 Gaming computer and turn it into a Pop OS gamer. Yes I would need an old computer (already own one) to work as the server and it would have to be easy to set up.
Any info, ideas or recommendations would be helpful (I hope, I have NO experience with this).
Thanks.
I recently had an interaction with Microsoft, my Hotmail account, which I almost never use was hacked. While they helped me fix it they turned my local login into a Microsoft login and after searching through a miasma of unnecessary and out of date info for an hour I did a fresh install. Wait? No local account setup option??!! Thank God for workaround how tos.........
However this has led to me questioning my continued need for a Windows desktop. In fact the only reason I have a Windows desktop is because I game, if it wasn't for that I wouldn't be here which leads to my potential change.
I am considering setting up a private home server (Windows based) to run Steam on and take my Win 11 Gaming computer and turn it into a Pop OS gamer. Yes I would need an old computer (already own one) to work as the server and it would have to be easy to set up.
Any info, ideas or recommendations would be helpful (I hope, I have NO experience with this).
Thanks.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 11
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Home build
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 2700
- Motherboard
- ASUS Prime X470-Pro
- Memory
- 16 GB DDR4 SDRAM
- Graphics Card(s)
- AMF Radeon XFX RX 570
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 27" ASUS
- Hard Drives
- NVMe m.2 1 TB
2.5" SSD 500GB
- PSU
- EVGA 750W