[SOLVED] Got a free computer. Is it worth saving?

jefro · 11-06-2015, 05:51 PM

Some of the micro stuff like puppy,dsl, slitax and antix might work well enough.

HaikuOS might work OK too.

The problem here is that the power it draws almost makes a 3 year ownership not worth it anymore if you live in a high electric area and use air conditioning. They are making small computers that have both android and windows 10 on them for under $100 that draw almost no current and would beat the pants off this. They should convert to linux I'd think too.

Gregg Bell · 11-07-2015, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by sidzen

For fun. Good enough for Puppy to stash mp3s on, for instance.

Thanks sidzen

Gregg Bell · 11-07-2015, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by jefro

Some of the micro stuff like puppy,dsl, slitax and antix might work well enough.

HaikuOS might work OK too.

The problem here is that the power it draws almost makes a 3 year ownership not worth it anymore if you live in a high electric area and use air conditioning. They are making small computers that have both android and windows 10 on them for under $100 that draw almost no current and would beat the pants off this. They should convert to linux I'd think too.

Thanks jefro. I never thought about the power thing. Interesting. (Another good reason not to keep it.) Got a link (as an example) for one of those android/windows 10 computers for under $100?

jefro · 11-07-2015, 04:19 PM

I usually search for bay trail atom. Amazon and other places have what is basically a tablet computer without battery or screen.

This is simply an example. I have not tried this computer or the company selling. http://www.tinydeal.com/Wintel-Windo...FQ5rfgodtksDWg

Gregg Bell · 11-07-2015, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by jefro

I usually search for bay trail atom. Amazon and other places have what is basically a tablet computer without battery or screen.

This is simply an example. I have not tried this computer or the company selling. http://www.tinydeal.com/Wintel-Windo...FQ5rfgodtksDWg

Thanks man. Such things are news to me. Appreciate it.

jefro · 11-07-2015, 09:52 PM

New gizmos's each day. More than I have money for.

If you have time you can try the smaller distro's on that box and see how you like it.

jamison20000e · 11-07-2015, 10:21 PM

Hi.

As a kid I remember my dad joking about putting a TV

in every room of the house, now it's computers.

I limit myself to a few c

l old ones mostly in storage or as furniture no power consumption that way.

Shadow_7 · 11-08-2015, 12:50 AM

Heh it specs about the same (better) then the dell inspiron 1150 laptop that I still use to watch youtube on. Same CPU, twice as much ram on yours. Although it's only on when doing so and by no means my primary computer.

If it has functionality that you don't have on something else, keep it (not to imply use it). Parallel port, firewire, IDE (PATA) connectors, PCI slots and other things that modern stuff lacks. Or as spare parts, I grubbed a capacitor off an old motherboard for an asus rt-n16 that blew a cap. That saved me $80 for buying a replacement router.

Although I tend to like the newer stuff better. Fanless, low power, low heat output, and such. That old stuff burns soo many watts and turns your room into a sauna. It's cheap to get, but the new stuff pays for itself in the electric bill.

Gregg Bell · 11-08-2015, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamison20000e

Hi.

As a kid I remember my dad joking about putting a TV

in every room of the house, now it's computers.

I limit myself to a few c

l old ones mostly in storage or as furniture no power consumption that way.

Ha

Gregg Bell · 11-08-2015, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Shadow_7

That old stuff burns soo many watts and turns your room into a sauna. It's cheap to get, but the new stuff pays for itself in the electric bill.

And then there are often compatibility issues or it won't run the latest software. Yeah, penny-wise, pound-foolish.

metaschima · 11-08-2015, 07:38 PM

I'm currently using 44 GB of my 1 TB on my desktop, so you could probably manage with 37 GB. The system itself should run great with any Linux distro.

Gregg Bell · 11-09-2015, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by metaschima

I'm currently using 44 GB of my 1 TB on my desktop, so you could probably manage with 37 GB. The system itself should run great with any Linux distro.

Thanks

rokytnji · 11-10-2015, 06:58 AM

Freebie.

Code:

System:    Host: biker Kernel: 4.2.1-antix.2-486-smp i686 (32 bit gcc: 4.9.2)
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.8 dm: slim
           Distro: antiX-15-V_386-full Killah P 30 June 2015
Machine:   System: IBM product: 2529E1U v: ThinkPad Z60m Chassis: type: 10
           Mobo: IBM model: 2529E1U
           Bios: IBM v: 77ET64WW (1.24 ) date: 02/27/2007
CPU:       Single core Intel Celeron M (-UP-) cache: 1024 KB
           flags: (nx pae sse sse2) bmips: 2793 speed: 1396 MHz (max)
Memory:    Array-1 capacity: 4 GB (est) devices: 2 EC: None
           max module size: 2 GB (est)
           Device-1: DIMM 1 size: 2 GB (Double-bank) speed: N/A
           type: DDR (Synchronous) bus width: 64 bits
           manufacturer: N/A part: N/A serial: N/A
           Device-2: DIMM 2 size: No Module Installed type: DDR (Synchronous)
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller
           bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:2592
           Display Server: X.org 1.16.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1280x800@60.00hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 915GM x86/MMX/SSE2
           GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.3.2 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:2668
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.2.1-antix.2-486-smp
Network:   Card-1: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5751M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
           driver: tg3 v: 3.137 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:167d
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG [Calexico2] Network Connection
           driver: ipw2200 v: 1.2.2kmprq bus-ID: 14:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:4224
           IF: eth1 state: up mac: <filter>
           WAN IP: <filter> IF: irda0 ip: N/A ip-v6: N/A
           IF: eth0 ip: N/A ip-v6: N/A IF: eth1 ip: <filter> ip-v6: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 320.1GB (8.2% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: HGST_HTS545032A7 size: 320.1GB serial: TM8412ZJ15LVER
           Optical: /dev/sr0 model: MATSHITA DVD/CDRW UJDA770
           rev: 1.02 dev-links: cdrom,cdrw,dvd
           Features: speed: 24x multisession: yes
           audio: yes dvd: yes rw: cd-r,cd-rw state: running
Partition: ID-1: / size: 7.6G used: 3.4G (47%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
           label: antiX15root uuid: 685d85b2-6651-49ed-928c-d5e17f70f500
           ID-2: /home size: 68G used: 14G (21%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
           label: antiX15home uuid: 8d150b09-c903-4b7d-9326-7b88e7ac84f2
           ID-3: /media/_data1 size: 119G used: 4.1G (4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
           label: /data1 uuid: 8c692b69-46f7-48ef-abc9-e6963655e259
           ID-4: /media/_data2 size: 96G used: 60M (1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6
           label: /data2 uuid: b76696e8-11ba-4177-970b-0d237aa5a8ae
           ID-5: swap-1 size: 4.19GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3
           label: N/A uuid: 45720f5c-3d28-4e6d-a06d-9ce4a9fe5370
<snip>

Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0C mobo: 49.0C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A fan-1: 2774
Info:      Processes: 130 Uptime: 1:11 Memory: 546.9/2010.1MB
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.88 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Gcc sys: 4.9.2
           Client: Shell (sudo running in bash) inxi: 2.2.28

I'm keeping this one.