Re: [ilugd] Use for a really old PC?
--- Anupam Jain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Any suggestions on how to use an ageing PC (P2 333 MHz, 128 MB RAM, 10GB HDD, No CDROM, No Ethernet)? If you can throw in an Ethernet adapter, it will work well as a network device, may be a router or firewall / VPN. Regards, --Naresh You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Use for a really old PC?
Another use: since you're anyway not currently using it you can give it to some under privileged child or to some worker for his /her children.. Giving away something is often better than trying to extract every paisa of value.. Though ofcourse it may not appeal to you and it's possible you may have to give it to some one not from your own caste or strata of society. -n.s On 4/9/08, Naresh Narang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Anupam Jain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Any suggestions on how to use an ageing PC (P2 333 MHz, 128 MB RAM, 10GB HDD, No CDROM, No Ethernet)? If you can throw in an Ethernet adapter, it will work well as a network device, may be a router or firewall / VPN. Regards, --Naresh You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Use for a really old PC?
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Nalin Savara [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another use: since you're anyway not currently using it you can give it to some under privileged child or to some worker for his /her children.. Giving away something is often better than trying to extract every paisa of value.. Though ofcourse it may not appeal to you and it's possible you may have to give it to some one not from your own caste or strata of society. First, this is a 10 year old machine we are talking about. It's worth less than you can imagine. Second, do you really want a child's first contact with computers to be in the form of Damn Small Linux? That's what is running on it now and with no CDROM/ethernet and no support for booting from anything apart from the hard disk, it will be extremely hard for any non-geek to install something decent on it or to maintain it. Plus did I mention yet that its ageing graphics chip is now rendering all output with a greenish hue? The prehistoric monster impression complete, we will lose an impressionable young mind to the clutches of Microsoft the moment it's exposed to a windows based machine. I'm all for education and charity but let's be pragmatic. This machine is much more useful serving as a headless backup/data server under my desk than being a first computer to someone else. -- Anupam ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Use for a really old PC?
Anupam Jain [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi all, Any suggestions on how to use an ageing PC (P2 333 MHz, 128 MB RAM, 10GB HDD, No CDROM, No Ethernet)? Would trying to convert it to a data/media server for my home LAN (if I attach a larger HDD and an ethernet card to it) be an exercise in futility? Should I just trash it instead? Probably have enough horsepower to * make a backup pc (backuppc.sourceforge.net) - maybe after adding usb cards for extra offsitednessosityisness TM * make a recording studio? (add soundcards, Rs100 each 2nd hand) * make a wan aggregator (ebox, pfsense) for SMEs or for yourself - needs lan cards ( maybe Rs100 each second hand) If you have enough slots you can surely do fun stuff with it. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
[ilugd] Use for a really old PC?
Hi all, Any suggestions on how to use an ageing PC (P2 333 MHz, 128 MB RAM, 10GB HDD, No CDROM, No Ethernet)? Would trying to convert it to a data/media server for my home LAN (if I attach a larger HDD and an ethernet card to it) be an exercise in futility? Should I just trash it instead? -- Anupam ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Use for a really old PC?
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Anupam Jain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Any suggestions on how to use an ageing PC (P2 333 MHz, 128 MB RAM, 10GB HDD, No CDROM, No Ethernet)? Would trying to convert it to a data/media server for my home LAN (if I attach a larger HDD and an ethernet card to it) be an exercise in futility? Should I just trash it instead? A P2 333 might be fine for streaming a single stream of MP3s/videos but you'll need an Ethernet in there first. Also an upgrade to the hard disk if you intend to store videos on this. -- Sharninder ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Use for a really old PC?
On 03/04/2008, Anupam Jain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any suggestions on how to use an ageing PC (P2 333 MHz, 128 MB RAM, 10GB HDD, No CDROM, No Ethernet)? Would trying to convert it to a data/media server for my home LAN (if I attach a larger HDD and an ethernet card to it) be an exercise in futility? Should I just trash it instead? Make your other PC as LTSP server then use this PC as a client. Voila now you have two fast desktopsto be shared with some you. -- Regards, Sudev Barar Read http://blog.sudev.in for topics ranging from here to there. ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Use for a really old PC?
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Sudev Barar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 03/04/2008, Anupam Jain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any suggestions on how to use an ageing PC (P2 333 MHz, 128 MB RAM, 10GB HDD, No CDROM, No Ethernet)? Would trying to convert it to a data/media server for my home LAN (if I attach a larger HDD and an ethernet card to it) be an exercise in futility? Should I just trash it instead? Make your other PC as LTSP server then use this PC as a client. Voila now you have two fast desktopsto be shared with some you. Well my other desktop is an 833 MHz P3 barely able to push its own weight around so I don't know how fast that configuration is going to be :) Though I do have two laptops (with relatively better configurations) and a wifi network at home so media/data server idea is the most appealing one right now.. Another idea that I had is to use the PC as a remote controllable music player.. i.e. I can dump all my music files on it, attach decent speakers and a bluetooth dongle, install anyRemote [http://anyremote.sourceforge.net/] and voila! I can remotely control XMMS to browse through the playlist and play songs. I can even disconnect all the i/o peripherals from the PC and keep the main unit hidden under the table somewhere.. How's that for a hassle free solution :) Now if only I could find a way to install anyRemote on Damn Small Linux (which is what the PC is running right now). Any pointers? Since I don't have a working cdrom drive on that computer, installing a better linux distro is gonna be a whole production in itself.. -- Anupam ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
