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aviation_man

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Any suggestions on what I should do with my old desktop??

HP pre-built,
2GB of RAM, Intel Pentium 4, I have a few g-cards and sound cards lying around that I can pop in if needed (And a few hard drives)
But yeah. I'm open to ideas! Thanks peeps
 
Cameldude said:
http://www.ubuntu.com/,

I have no experience with this software, but i would recommend Windows 7 RC, it is still out for download, then you could buy it later.

Maybe upgrade processor to Core 3, something,

What kind of things do you use your computer for, Games, work???
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Oh I'm all around the globe on what I do on my computer. And I really don't think that Windows 7 would be good for that computer with that specs. What do you think about xubuntu 9.04 - using it as a "file server"?
 
aviation_man said:
File server with what OS?
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I'm turning a simiilar old PC into a Samba Server with Ubuntu O/S. It's basically a file server - but Samba Servers interface well with Microsoft products - so the Desktop will work well with it.

I'm finding it's more of a project than I had initially thought - mainly b/c Ubuntu isn't plug and play like all the Microsoft O/S I have used in the past. I've got my Server O/S installed - and slowly reading up on setting up the Network card to connect to my Microsoft Desktop / network security options / etc.

If you like to learn new things - it's worthwhile endeavor. I'll give a full report when I have things all up and running. :P
 
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