Geez,
I am suprized at you guys ! We stand around
singing the praises of Linux and how it can run on
just about anything, and what a wonderful OS it is,
and then talk about how useless a piece of hardware is
just because its not the latest 64-bit processor.
THis "boat anchor" that you are talking about would
be just fine for a standard desktop usage box. What
you need to do is install your favorite distro on it
and configure it with lighter weight applications.
Its not that much work to do, OR you could choose
another distro like Damn Small Linux that comes with
tiny apps built in.
Using things like Fluxbox, Siag, Scite, Ted, Dillo
or Firebird., There are TONS of choices out there for
what would otherwise by M$ standards be a Boat Anchor.
Stepping off soapbox.....
Mark
--- Robert Foxworth <rfoxwor1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
>
> > >>great specs, 133mhz CPU, 96meg of ram (upgraded
> from 64 meg) 1.2gig
> > >>hdd, added a cdrom and a 2nd nic. came with
> win95 by default, got
> > >>knoppix on here for now.
> > >>
> > >>106$ total, not a bad deal for an antique like
> this.
>
>
>
> > That is bad in the since that I usually pick up
> pII 450 to P3 550
> with
> > 128 megs of ram and a 8 gig drive plus cdrom and
> nic for only 80
> dollars
> > after shipping . Which makes a great little web
> machine.
>
>
> Dealer at the recent computer show (State
> Fairgrounds) sold me a couple
> of Dell GX-1, everything except the HD, 128 RAM,
> P-II 400 MHz, forty
> bucks
> each, and you can get a 10 gig HD at Quicksilver for
> about $25 or so.
> He even flashed a new rev of the BIOS for me (also
> to show that they
> worked).
>
> > >OK, now what are you going to do with it? Keep a
> boat in place?
> Hold a
> > >door open? Firewall? Space heater?
>
> Firewall works, IDS. Run tcpdump in a term window
> and keep an eye on
> your
> net connection. Run a browser with knoppix/firefox
> and avoid viruses.
> Use
> them as cheap end-points when setting up a cisco
> CCNA lab to test
> routing etc.
>
> - Bob
> sent 2004-12-03 23:33 est
>
>
>
>
>
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