Making that old PC useful
I’ve recently upgraded my pc with new hardware, and the only thing I didn’t replace was the case. That meant that all I had to do to keep the old hardware useful was dig out an old case somewhere, and rebuild it. I’ve been using it as a test machine ever since, something to try the new Ubuntu or Mandriva on.
However, recently it also has been a back-up for my girfriend, when her XP-powered laptop is unavailable, which happens every now and then. The last time, it had to be repaired because it was covered with a mix of candle-wax and diet coke. Don’t ask.
Now, both Mandriva and Ubuntu ran well on that old PC. I set it up to boot into Mandriva automatically, and figured my girlfriend wouldn’t have any problems using Firefox and OpenOffice. I was right, but it was slow. The difference between the old PC and the new one was even more obvious, because on the new, faster one I have Arch Linux installed with Openbox, a guarantee for speed. I realised I had to get off my lazy ass, and spend some time in front of the old box.
Having experience the lightning speeds of the Arch Linux + Openbox combination on my own PC, I decided that was the way to go.
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