How I turned my old laptop into a minecraft server! Also if I can improve my setup let me know!

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  • Purpur

    Purpur is a drop-in replacement for Paper servers designed for configurability, and new fun and exciting gameplay features.

    And for even better performance, you can switch to a more optimized server software like Purpur (https://purpur.pl3x.net). However, I assume that you intentionally don’t use them already. If this isn’t the case though, I’d recommend that you give them a try!

  • glances

    Glances an Eye on your system. A top/htop alternative for GNU/Linux, BSD, Mac OS and Windows operating systems.

    Then, you can disable the action on closing the lid so you can shelve the laptop upside-down. Or still use the screen but show some cool system info with Glances (or even the Minecraft server itself).

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • Paper

    The most widely used, high performance Minecraft server that aims to fix gameplay and mechanics inconsistencies

    Here’s my advice as a systems administrator: 1) Ditch Windows, get Debian. There’s a learning curve, but you want to squeeze as much performance out as you can on that limited hardware. 2) Use intelligent garbage collection, it can help with performance in low-resource environments. If it causes issues, just turn it off again. To do this, just add -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseEpsilonGC to your Java options (before -jar). 3) Use a performance based server engine like PaperMC, which is based off Spigot/Bukkit. It’s a drop-in replacement with lots of knobs to tinker with if you’d like. 4) Consider purchasing a small, beginner real server. Who knows, you could discover a new career path! Old servers are really cheap, in fact, sometimes people will just give them away. As for suggestions, look at the older systems in the HP ProLiant line (e.g. DL360P); they’re usually affordable. Don’t get ripped off, you shouldn’t pay more than $100 or maybe $200 for one of these old servers. 5) Remember to do backups, and not just backups on the server/laptop, off-device backups. 6) Keep your antivirus up-to-date.

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