That’s a solid 3rd party use case. I’m setting it up on my cluster right now.

No, PC isn’t Java only. PC is the only platform that can play Java, while literally everything else - PC included - can play Bedrock.

Bedrock has been the norm now for longer than Java was; sorry.

If both are Bedrock, then no problem.

Physical machines (except my gaming PC) get Ratchet & Clank character names, and matching labels to go with it. My trusty sidekick Thinkpad T14 G1 is named “Clank”. It runs LMDE.

VMs and LXCs get actually-descriptive names, since those are what run my services.

Gaming PC is called “Dagny”; it’s a Scandinavian name for “a new day”, since that PC was a gift to myself after my divorce. It’s currently the only Windows machine in my house now.

Maybe 5 years ago. Vanilla runs fine these days.

I run 7th gen Intel hardware for my server cluster. Minecraft VMs run totally fine.

I’ve had zero issues running vanilla in a basic VM.

Why is everyone suggesting random third party shit?

Straight from Mojang/Microsoft:

Bedrock: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server/bedrock

Java: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server

Follow the instructions and go.

I have two domains through Porkbun. Never had an issue with them. No-nonsense, simple UI, good prices.

Recommended or not, sometimes it’s just really handy to have available. I use Google Sheets for various things (for now), including my monthly budget, and chore/TV/etc schedules for the kids. It’s far easier to just pop in on my phone really quick to look at or edit something when needed, instead of pulling out my laptop that may or may not be dead and waiting for that to boot, or going upstairs to my bedroom to sit at my PC, at which point I would have already forgotten what I was supposed to be doing (fuckin ADHD).

Yep, it’s awesome. We got it for $300 from Costco to supplement the smaller chest freezer, and it’s been an absolute godsend.

One is a smaller chest freezer, about 3 feet tall, probably 6 or 7 cubic feet if I had to guess. The other is a Hamilton Beach upright freezer from Costco. Both are full, so that helps with keeping them cold.

Perfect, I don’t need to run the fans anymore!

Seriously though - we have 5 kids, and feeding the little shits is expensive, so we freeze a lot of things for storage. I thought for certain the freezers would be power hogs compared to an idling PC, but I was very surprised to be proven wrong.

Next up… Measuring my server cluster 😬