Deep dive on using old hardware with limited ram, local file sharing (Linux Prepper Podcast)
cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/39753460
> Yes, I know castopod does not render notes as Lemmy does.
>
> - [Listen to the full episode here](https://podcast.james.network/@linuxprepper/episodes/re-purposing-battlestations-from-old-hardware)
> - [Teaser Wiki Page](https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/doku.php?id=linuxprepper%3Aepisode%3As01e03_teaser) for the episode. [Listen here](https://podcast.james.network/@linuxprepper/episodes/teaser-battlestations-old-hardware-and-unfinished-projects).
>
> ### Shownotes
> (00:00)
>
> [Previous episode on local networking and off-line tooling](https://podcast.james.network/@linuxprepper/episodes/local-tools-local-networking-and-building-resilience)
>
> (00:37)
>
> [Ameridroid Sponsor - Linuxprepper at checkout](https://ameridroid.com/?ref=podcast)
>
> (01:20)
>
> [Battlestations, and how they relate to Linux Prepper](https://lemmy.world/c/battlestations)
>
> (02:35)
>
> [Your input much appreciated on this long term exploration](https://cloud.disroot.org/apps/forms/s/Lzai4d2A79iNsapnpbGbBGcH)
>
> (03:08)
>
> [Two Desktops from Thin Clients, Detailed Notes](https://discuss.livingcartoon.org/d/138-battlestations-building-out-my-local-machines)
>
> (07:00)
>
> Older Intel Graphics and X Window Manager Support vs Wayland
> - [LXQT](https://lxqt-project.org/)
> - [Openbox](https://openbox.org/help/Getting_started)
> - [Xfce](https://xfce.org/)
> - [Anti-X](https://antixlinux.com/)
> - [MX Linux](https://mxlinux.org/)
> - [Arch 32-bit](https://archlinux32.org/)
>
> (07:52)
>
> [32-bit and Multi-Architecture Support, Wine, Proton](https://discuss.livingcartoon.org/d/154-the-return-of-32-bit)
>
> (12:00)
>
> [Love 2D Engine and Compiling Back 32-bit Support](https://discuss.livingcartoon.org/d/160-love-2d-engine-built-with-c-and-lua)
>
> (13:07)
>
> [Moonring, Free RPG Game inspired by Ultima](https://dene.itch.io/moonring)
>
> (13:21)
>
> [Balatro, Card Game](https://www.playbalatro.com/)
>
> (13:27)
>
> [Arco - Turned-based, Meso-american Adventure Game](https://arco.game/)
>
> (14:03)
>
> [100 Tools You can Selfhost on Minimal Hardware](https://discuss.livingcartoon.org/d/133-selfhosted-services-for-ultra-lowend-hardware)
>
> (14:57)
>
> [Pipewire, Wireplumber, QPWGraph, pw-jack](https://discuss.livingcartoon.org/d/109-managing-multiple-audio-devices-in-pipewire)
>
> (18:30)
>
> [Aphex Twin Premium Episode Coming Soon](https://aphextwin.warp.net/releases)
>
> (19:22)
>
> Memory Management from 16gb to 1gb RAM
>
> (20:11)
>
> [Zram, adding efficient memory compression](https://www.reddit.com/r/lowendgaming/comments/13d5brx/enable_zram_on_low_end_linux_machines_for_a_free/)
>
> (21:26)
>
> 12GB RAM total notes on setting up Zram, Swap, Swappiness
>
> (22:39)
>
> 16GB RAM total notes on my other Intel NUC
>
> (23:37)
>
> [EarlyOOM Daemon](https://github.com/rfjakob/earlyoom) monitoring Zram and Swap
>
> (26:14)
>
> [Swappiness, what triggering it does](https://access.redhat.com/solutions/103833)
>
> (27:55)
>
> Considerations for 8gb to 1gb of total RAM
>
> (32:08)
>
> [DURP Challenger](https://discuss.livingcartoon.org/d/83-join-the-diy-unfinished-resurrection-project-through-march-20th) downgrading to Pi 3 as appliance
>
> (33:02)
>
> File Management with Core Utils through SSH
>
> (33:31)
>
> [SCP for One-Way Transfers](https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/scp.1.html)
>
> (34:29)
>
> [Rsync - One-way Transfers with Comprehensive Control](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync)
>
> (36:02)
>
> [Unison - Resilient Bi-directional Rsync for Two Locations](https://github.com/bcpierce00/unison)
>
> (38:09)
>
> Scaling up without cloud services or servers
>
> (39:34)
>
> [Syncthing - P2P Real-time Sync with client support](https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing)
> - [Sushitrain](https://github.com/pixelspark/sushitrain) - Open Source Client for iOS
> - [Syncthing-Fork for Android](https://github.com/researchxxl/syncthing-android)
> - [Syncthing Tray](https://github.com/Martchus/syncthingtray) for KDE Plasma & Dolphin
>
> (42:24)
>
> [Rclone](https://rclone.org/) - Rsync-like support for Cloud Providers: Dropbox, Google Drive, S3
>
> (43:30)
>
> Minimal Homelab Implications; Try The Tools and Win
>
> (45:01)
>
> [Container Concerns vs Understanding Tooling](https://podcast.james.network/@linuxprepper/episodes/containers-and-compose-for-the-curious-and-who-are-they-not-for)
> - Understanding how tools actually work when deploying
>
> (45:42)
>
> Trivia Winners from LFNW and Named Projects!
>
> (46:13)
>
> [LinuxFest Northwest 2026 Wikipage with Youtube Links](https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/doku.php?id=events%3Alfnw)
>
> (48:01)
>
> [SeaGL Call for Speakers Open Now!](https://seagl.org/)
>
> Yes, I know castopod does not render notes as Lemmy does.
>
> - [Listen to the full episode here](https://podcast.james.network/@linuxprepper/episodes/re-purposing-battlestations-from-old-hardware)
> - [Teaser Wiki Page](https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/doku.php?id=linuxprepper%3Aepisode%3As01e03_teaser) for the episode. [Listen here](https://podcast.james.network/@linuxprepper/episodes/teaser-battlestations-old-hardware-and-unfinished-projects).
>
> ### Shownotes
> (00:00)
>
> [Previous episode on local networking and off-line tooling](https://podcast.james.network/@linuxprepper/episodes/local-tools-local-networking-and-building-resilience)
>
> (00:37)
>
> [Ameridroid Sponsor - Linuxprepper at checkout](https://ameridroid.com/?ref=podcast)
>
> (01:20)
>
> [Battlestations, and how they relate to Linux Prepper](https://lemmy.world/c/battlestations)
>
> (02:35)
>
> [Your input much appreciated on this long term exploration](https://cloud.disroot.org/apps/forms/s/Lzai4d2A79iNsapnpbGbBGcH)
>
> (03:08)
>
> [Two Desktops from Thin Clients, Detailed Notes](https://discuss.livingcartoon.org/d/138-battlestations-building-out-my-local-machines)
>
> (07:00)
>
> Older Intel Graphics and X Window Manager Support vs Wayland
> - [LXQT](https://lxqt-project.org/)
> - [Openbox](https://openbox.org/help/Getting_started)
> - [Xfce](https://xfce.org/)
> - [Anti-X](https://antixlinux.com/)
> - [MX Linux](https://mxlinux.org/)
> - [Arch 32-bit](https://archlinux32.org/)
>
> (07:52)
>
> [32-bit and Multi-Architecture Support, Wine, Proton](https://discuss.livingcartoon.org/d/154-the-return-of-32-bit)
>
> (12:00)
>
> [Love 2D Engine and Compiling Back 32-bit Support](https://discuss.livingcartoon.org/d/160-love-2d-engine-built-with-c-and-lua)
>
> (13:07)
>
> [Moonring, Free RPG Game inspired by Ultima](https://dene.itch.io/moonring)
>
> (13:21)
>
> [Balatro, Card Game](https://www.playbalatro.com/)
>
> (13:27)
>
> [Arco - Turned-based, Meso-american Adventure Game](https://arco.game/)
>
> (14:03)
>
> [100 Tools You can Selfhost on Minimal Hardware](https://discuss.livingcartoon.org/d/133-selfhosted-services-for-ultra-lowend-hardware)
>
> (14:57)
>
> [Pipewire, Wireplumber, QPWGraph, pw-jack](https://discuss.livingcartoon.org/d/109-managing-multiple-audio-devices-in-pipewire)
>
> (18:30)
>
> [Aphex Twin Premium Episode Coming Soon](https://aphextwin.warp.net/releases)
>
> (19:22)
>
> Memory Management from 16gb to 1gb RAM
>
> (20:11)
>
> [Zram, adding efficient memory compression](https://www.reddit.com/r/lowendgaming/comments/13d5brx/enable_zram_on_low_end_linux_machines_for_a_free/)
>
> (21:26)
>
> 12GB RAM total notes on setting up Zram, Swap, Swappiness
>
> (22:39)
>
> 16GB RAM total notes on my other Intel NUC
>
> (23:37)
>
> [EarlyOOM Daemon](https://github.com/rfjakob/earlyoom) monitoring Zram and Swap
>
> (26:14)
>
> [Swappiness, what triggering it does](https://access.redhat.com/solutions/103833)
>
> (27:55)
>
> Considerations for 8gb to 1gb of total RAM
>
> (32:08)
>
> [DURP Challenger](https://discuss.livingcartoon.org/d/83-join-the-diy-unfinished-resurrection-project-through-march-20th) downgrading to Pi 3 as appliance
>
> (33:02)
>
> File Management with Core Utils through SSH
>
> (33:31)
>
> [SCP for One-Way Transfers](https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/scp.1.html)
>
> (34:29)
>
> [Rsync - One-way Transfers with Comprehensive Control](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync)
>
> (36:02)
>
> [Unison - Resilient Bi-directional Rsync for Two Locations](https://github.com/bcpierce00/unison)
>
> (38:09)
>
> Scaling up without cloud services or servers
>
> (39:34)
>
> [Syncthing - P2P Real-time Sync with client support](https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing)
> - [Sushitrain](https://github.com/pixelspark/sushitrain) - Open Source Client for iOS
> - [Syncthing-Fork for Android](https://github.com/researchxxl/syncthing-android)
> - [Syncthing Tray](https://github.com/Martchus/syncthingtray) for KDE Plasma & Dolphin
>
> (42:24)
>
> [Rclone](https://rclone.org/) - Rsync-like support for Cloud Providers: Dropbox, Google Drive, S3
>
> (43:30)
>
> Minimal Homelab Implications; Try The Tools and Win
>
> (45:01)
>
> [Container Concerns vs Understanding Tooling](https://podcast.james.network/@linuxprepper/episodes/containers-and-compose-for-the-curious-and-who-are-they-not-for)
> - Understanding how tools actually work when deploying
>
> (45:42)
>
> Trivia Winners from LFNW and Named Projects!
>
> (46:13)
>
> [LinuxFest Northwest 2026 Wikipage with Youtube Links](https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/doku.php?id=events%3Alfnw)
>
> (48:01)
>
> [SeaGL Call for Speakers Open Now!](https://seagl.org/)
>