This is like the P2 that I have:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy07b6hlUGg

Interesting that he is using it for gaming still.

Today ram use is at 595 Megs out of 1G and Swap at 60Mb out of 500 Mb.
This is max. ram use I have seen on this PC.
Have two simple puzzle games and 3 instances of the same PDF document open.

On a different, note if the roach issue gets too bad, another option I have is to
store this P4 server elsewhere and use another older PC that I have. The other
desktops are more secure than this in terms of pests.

Dumpster Diving Laptop Find:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJqKIiK0Kdg

https://itsfoss.com/lightweight-linux-beginners/

This page is supposed to list 10 best lightweight linux distros for older computers in 2017. However, it failed to load for me. Perhaps it might work for some of you.


Edited to add the error message I get:

Secure Connection Failed

An error occurred during a connection to itsfoss.com.

Cannot communicate securely with peer: no common encryption algorithm(s).

(Error code: ssl_error_no_cypher_overlap)

The page you are trying to view can not be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified.Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.

I got through. But then a cover-up page blotted it out and asked me for my email address, which I declined to give.

IT killed my phone browser, but I did get through with another browser on my linux laptop. Just the short list, it included
Peppermint
Lubuntu
Linux Lite
LXLE
CrunchBang++
Bodhi Linux
AntiX Linux
Sparky Linux
Puppy Linux
and
Tiny Core

Thanks for this list. Following are new to me from the above:

http://www.crunchbanglinux.org/
https://www.crunchbangplusplus.org/
https://sparkylinux.org/

Exploring above links lead me to this link that archives older OSes
https://archiveos.org/about-archiveos/

This is a real treasure, enjoy all )

I ran my laptop on SPARKY for a couple of months. It worked just fine, I like and recommend it for anyone who wants to operate near the cutting edge. (For ON the cutting edge, there is always VSIDO!)

;-)

Thanks vsido is 100 Mb for 32 bit system, this is quite impressive:

http://vsido.org/index.php?topic=12.0

$15 AMD 8 core PC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZhh8NgIc1k

This is a very impressive score, this PC has 1Tb HD, nice graphics card, 8Gb ram etc., I have never come across anything even remotely close to this good a deal.

Many times I have felt that this topic has been beaten to death but then something new pops up.

The only thing about this vlog is that most of the video is about his exercise, diabetes and diet, I found this interesting, however the title is sort of misleading the normal viewer to listen to other things. The actual PC find is not described much in the video. That PC was also password protected so the OS will not load fully, so he just shows the bios.

Converting a damaged laptop into a media center desktop:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3fnsGHe8eE

Edited to add: This is an i3 laptop, personally I don't have anything close to it.
I am not personally interested in a media center PC, don't care to watch much media. For audio my current older PCs are ok. Watched 1/2 of the video, it is quite complex project, however the idea can be used on an older damaged laptop for other use.

Top 10 old technologies still in use:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYnsoA91H4o

Someone suggested eachvideo.com as an alternative to youtube and this works perfect on my older PC:

http://eachvideo.com/watch?v=DYnsoA91H4o

Edited to add:
The second and third video I watched on it have started skipping. I must have verified better before reporting my experience.

Xwindows crashed, cleaned P4 server insides, lots of roach dust.