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Re: What should I do with this computer
« Reply #15 on: May 31, 2012, 11:49:17 pm »
Thats what I was thinking especially since my school next year doesn't allow me to bring flash drives I have to use online storage for everything I want to bring with me to school.

And I need/want to learn web development so I'll probably practice with that too. If I can I'm also going to see if I can set it up with VNC so I can control it without having to plug it into a monitor(I only have 1 monitors and 2 desktops now) and because VNC would allow me to use my computer from school with sites like novnc.com
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EDIT: just saw juju's post. I was going to install debian testing but i found out that it refuses to boot from dvd's I'm going to try with a CD tomorrow to see if it might be possible that way if not I'm not sure how I'll get linux on it. I doubt it can boot from usb and no images that i know of can fit on floppy.
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Re: What should I do with this computer
« Reply #16 on: May 31, 2012, 11:50:06 pm »
Nice.
I suggest you play with Puppy linux or mint linux for now.

can you send a picture of your good computer workspace.
You might be able to make it smaller by removing a few unnecessary things for a server (such as cd drive), and make it an attachment to your computer area, like hang from wall :P

Then you can easily switch the moniter over
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Re: What should I do with this computer
« Reply #17 on: May 31, 2012, 11:52:38 pm »
Arch Linux is my distro of choice, but if you're new to Linux, you might want Puppy or Mint first.
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Re: What should I do with this computer
« Reply #18 on: May 31, 2012, 11:52:59 pm »
I personally like sabayon and LMDE though I may end up with puppy linux because of the lower level of hardware. I'm used to much nicer computers. I may also get an old laptop from very early 2000's(before usb became common) which has <100 mb of ram which I plan to run puppy on

EDIT: I've tried arch but never really liked it as much as I've liked other distros though I do like its multi-arch cd. I wish more distro's would do that. It would make it so much easier for me who has a 64 bit comp and a 32 bit comp
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Re: What should I do with this computer
« Reply #19 on: May 31, 2012, 11:56:34 pm »
this may interest you http://www.linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php

edit: my brain is dead for the night;;;;...... good knight.
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Re: What should I do with this computer
« Reply #20 on: June 01, 2012, 12:00:37 am »
yeah i need  to reinstall lmde on this comp i really screwed it up a while back trying out the service pack 4 testing. so many broken packages I think i may have exited at some point during an install to mess it up that much
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Re: What should I do with this computer
« Reply #21 on: June 01, 2012, 12:05:10 am »
Quote from: ruler501 on May 31, 2012, 11:52:59 pm
EDIT: I've tried arch but never really liked it as much as I've liked other distros though I do like its multi-arch cd. I wish more distro's would do that. It would make it so much easier for me who has a 64 bit comp and a 32 bit comp
Yeah, really like the fact they put bpth x86 and x86_64 kernels in the same CD. Well, it would work for other distros if only the whole Live CD for only one arch wouldn't be more than half the CD (about 350MB). In Arch's case, a single arch's core CD fits in 370MB I think. Multiplied by 2, minus some files shared by both and you have a 670MB CD.
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Re: What should I do with this computer
« Reply #22 on: June 01, 2012, 03:51:08 am »
Well that computer is better than the laptop I just got. Windows ME, 4Gb harddisk and 64 Mb ram :P You can make a mame arcade with it :)
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Re: What should I do with this computer
« Reply #23 on: June 01, 2012, 04:36:31 am »
DO IT.
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Re: What should I do with this computer
« Reply #24 on: June 01, 2012, 09:24:56 am »
I might install puppy linux and try running mame. maybe add in a controller/joystick(I have one of each lying around) and see how well it does.

EDIT: after checking the computer it has two RAM ports and has 1 128mb SDRAM chip in it
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