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Re: User brings life back to old computer with Xubuntu

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____/ Tony Manco on Thursday 25 December 2008 18:39 : \____

> 
> I'm bringing another old PC back to life with Xubuntu!
> 
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> | A friend recently donated some old computers to me so that I can
> | make them useful for kids.  I'm working on one that I think is a
> | Pentium III and 600mhz or so.  (X86 family 6 model 9 stepping 3) I'm
> | going to install Xubuntu on this desktop.  Long story short, I was
> | able to get Humongous Entertainment's "Spy Fox" to work with
> | linux. This is great! This desktop will be for a first
> | grader. Instead of giving her the desktop with win98 on it, I'll be
> | installing linux on it.  Thanks to your great software, she can play
> | some windows educational games in addition to the linux educational
> | games! She will also have a pc with an updated operating system. The
> | desktop doesn't come with a network card, so I'll be installing one
> | from my spare parts.
> `----
> 
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6434935&postcount=1

Intel can't be happy about it. Maybe Otellini and the Boys can grab a hammer
and break it, just as they tried with OLPC.

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