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"Smart Reuse With Open Source"
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| Fosdick points out that with Linux, computers
| up to ten years old (basically Pentium III or
| better) are reusable. Microsoft's difficult and
| expensive refurbisher program can only reuse
| computers up to about five years old.
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http://www.goodbyemicrosoft.net/news.php?item.583.10
Where in the world?
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| Time for a fresh install of Linux! If only I
| had remembered to pack an installation CD along
| with my jim-jams and toothbrushâ My Dadâs PC is
| so old, it doesnât have a CD burner, nor does
| it boot from a USB stick.
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http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/web-design-and-foss-10004587/where-in-the-world-10016127/
Recent:
Donate Your Old Hardware
http://www.system76.com/article_info.php?articles_id=42
Linux Free Operating Systems â Ubuntu, Debian, Mandriva Installations on an Old PC
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| For a long time I have always heard of Linux
| the free operating system, and have enjoyed
| many of the free applications that have been
| ported over to the Windows platform. I
| finally had a opportunity to take some
| antique computers and install Linux onto
| them, and found out how simple and sometimes
| complicated it can be to get up and running
| with it.
|
| Linux really took hold when web hosting SQL
| servers and HTTP hosting applications saved
| companies thousands of dollars from paying
| the Microsoft and Oracle corporations
| connection fees that could easily going into
| the thousands of dollars. So instead running
| a linux server to serve up their databases
| made much more economic sense and that is
| why there has been a insurgence of the free
| operating system over the last years.
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http://www.bestsyndication.com/?q=20100301_installing_free_linux_operating_system_ubuntu_debian_mandriva_fedora_on_an_old_pc.htm
Should I give my old PC to a charity or school, or reuse it?
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| My wife recently finished her MA (analysis
| of audio data, thesis writing, etc) using
| an eight-year old Toshiba Portege running
| Crunchbang Linux. It starts faster than any
| of her colleagues' modern laptops (about a
| third of the time, with no virus check to
| make the first 30 minutes virtually
| useless), connects better to the wireless
| network at the university â
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/14/old-computer-you-decide
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