There’s no right way, really. You can turn almost anything into a server.
If you have old hardware laying around I suggest you start with that. When you’re comfortable with setting everything up and using it on your day to day, then it’s time to invest into hardware.
You need to have this extension or similar to be able to minimize to tray on gnome: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/615/appindicator-support/
I feel like we were so close to having Jarvis like assistants. Then every company decided to replace the existing tools with their alpha state AI, and suddenly we’re back to square -1.
TIL
It helps them navigate around the ship. But seriously, it could be used as a strategy to navigate with lights off and not be seen by other ships.