[SOLVED] Server/old laptop

[Thomas1537]

I have an old laptop, on which I replaced the OS with ubuntu server. So my friend asked me if I could make a minecraft server with that, and I said yes. How exactly do I turn this old laptop/server into a minecraft server? BTW, it has 8 gb ram, 600 gb storage, and a quad core intel 4th gen processor. And amd radeon graphics.

 

[USAFRet]

I have an old laptop, on which I replaced the OS with ubuntu server. So my friend asked me if I could make a minecraft server with that, and I said yes. How exactly do I turn this old laptop/server into a minecraft server? BTW, it has 8 gb ram, 600 gb storage, and a quad core intel 4th gen processor. And amd radeon graphics.

How?
This....
https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us...-How-to-Setup-a-Minecraft-Java-Edition-Server

 

[Thomas1537]

How?
This....
https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us...-How-to-Setup-a-Minecraft-Java-Edition-Server

But how do I download the file from the web and rename the file and change the directory and change a text document, all on a server os?

 

[USAFRet]

But how do I download the file from the web and rename the file and change the directory and change a text document, all on a server os?

How does it being a "server os" make things different?

What specific OS are you planning to use?

What about those instructions is unclear?

 

[Thomas1537]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you need to download the jar file from the web? How do you do that on ubuntu server? And you need to move files around and rename them. I'm not very smart, and I have no idea how to do that on ubuntu server. It's just command lines.

 

[USAFRet]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you need to download the jar file from the web? How do you do that on ubuntu server? And you need to move files around and rename them. I'm not very smart, and I have no idea how to do that on ubuntu server. It's just command lines.

You can run a minecraft server on a Windows box.

But if you're going to do it on Linux - Ubuntu...you need a LOT of learning before you begin to host a server.

 

[Thomas1537]

so should I just replace the ubuntu with windows 10?

 

[USAFRet]

so should I just replace the ubuntu with windows 10?

You can run it on either.

But running a 'server' requires a bit of learning, no matter which platform.
Tread carefully.

 

[Thomas1537]

You can run it on either.

But running a 'server' requires a bit of learning, no matter which platform.
Tread carefully.

Thank you