Breathing Life Into Older Computers

Aron writes "ASE Labs has written an article on using a light distribution of Linux, Damn Small Linux, to power an older computer. With Linux, older computers can be useful once again for many people. From the article: "The oldest computer I have is a Pentium 266 MMX laptop with 64MB of RAM. Most people would just consider this to be garbage and junk it, and if you brought this in for service where I work, I would agree with you. While this laptop might seem old and out-of-date now, it is small and light. I needed something I could easily carry around, so I figured I would see what I could salvage out of this dinosaur. Windows would have a hard time running on this low-spec laptop, but there are many distributions of Linux that will work exceptionally well.""

Comments

Re:I'm Not Cutting Edge But...

[ltbarcly]

Yes, that is sure to get the teens packed in there. Look kids! A basic word processor! Oh, you want to save your file to a disk? Just type "mount /dev/fd0 -tvfat /mnt/floppy". It's EASY and FUN!

Have you put any thought into how you are going to deal with the hundreds of teens who all want to use your 15 computers at once?

Re:Get the PUPPY!

[Conor Turton]

"Not really news per se...most of us have known for a while now that Linux is a good strategy for reviving old systems that the latest M$ bloatware won't run on."

YOU COMPLETELY CLUELESS CUNT. Windows 95/98 was running on computers long before Linux was even released. Windows 95 ran happily on a P100 with 32MB of RAM. And that's with a fully featured desktop, not a UI that looks like a throwback to the QEMM days.