Can Linux Bring Life to Old Hardware?

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Published on August 31, 2017 7:55:47 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPvC9MvPs-s

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This video tries to address the old thought that you can get use out of old computers by just "throwing Linux on them."

While this is true, there's a couple different ways to look at it. Here is my take on how to answer this question in 2017.

This video refers to information from Fossbytes:
https://fossbytes.com/best-lightweight-linux-distros/

See this article from Wired for details if you want to try setting up just a server:
https://www.wired.com/2010/02/set_up_a_home_server/

And here's one from Zdnet talking about how to do "stuff" using linux: http://www.zdnet.com/article/so-what-can-you-actually-do-with-linux-a-guide-for-beginners/

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Linux (and one BSD) Distributions (versions):

Slackware Linux - http://www.slackware.com
Ubuntu - https://www.ubuntu.com
Debian - https://www.debian.org
FreeNAS - http://www.freenas.org
BodhiLinux - http://www.bodhilinux.com
Linux Lite - https://www.linuxliteos.com
Lubuntu - http://lubuntu.net
Damn Small Linux - http://www.damnsmalllinux.org
Opensuse - https://www.opensuse.org
ArchLinux - https://www.archlinux.org
Fedora - https://getfedora.org
Linux Mint - https://www.linuxmint.com

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