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Thread ID: 102577	2009-08-24 12:49:00	Linux Box - Just for fun	GorCh (13021)	PC World Chat

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803954	2009-08-24 12:49:00	Finally took the time the last two days to scavenge together the 'best' bits from two old PC's I salvaged from home. They have been sitting around for months after I initially had troubles with getting the better motherboard (a pentium 3) to boot from CD. Solved this using SmartBootManager which let me access the linux cd I was trying to install. My original plan was to install Xubuntu, for the 'lightweight' advantages of it. However when I booted to Ubuntu 9.04 it was surprisingly responsive so have just gone with that. The best part of the process was when I inserted a USB wireless lan dongle that I had got off the internet some years back. Wasn't expecting much as had had big troubles with it and Vista. But low and behold within a minute I was being notified of available wireless networks! It's not my first play around with linux, but always before I have ended up going back full-time to Windows, rather than the constant rebooting just to use office. So should be fun to have a play now. The plan is to make it into a machine to crank out some old DOS games, and maybe a bit of media serving if I can find a cheap HDD. Now to get my sidewinder 3D pro working.....	GorCh (13021)
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