What do you do with older machines?
I have an AMD E-350 laptop sitting around that draws very little power (like 6 watts at idle)
it's only purpose has been to try new software before I put on on my main machine, problem is some software fucks it up and its slow to reload everything when this happens
>>54437346
>What do you do with older machines?
Hoard them and occasionally take photos of them for /g/ to see.
>>54437346
Throw them the fuck out.
>>54437346
after a year max out ram, after 3 years add new GPU. After 5 give away to retard family member or sell to other retard.
Install Ganoo/Loonix on them and then forget about them for ~6 months and then install another distro. Rinse & Repeat.
>>54437375
Pretty much this
>>54437346
>>54437412
I have 3 PC's ~6 years old and I am now turning them into a linux cluster
Put Gentoo on it and turn it into a seedbox.
>>54437424
Sounds cool. Interested to know how it turns out.
>>54437543
Once I get it going I plan on making a thread here
>inb4 linux cluster general
I'm really interested in super/distributed computing, I already had my workstation and media station synced (except for OS they share an hdd)
>>54437346
My 486 broke, anyone got a spare?
>>54437346
I sell all of my old electronics to latinamericans.
You'd be amazed how expensive technology, even old one, is there.
>>54437346
Isn't there some program to restore a bit-by-bit copy of a previous O/S state?
>>54438902
noice
An E-350 AMD lappy how big? 11.6"? If so make it to a xfce linux box and use it!
>>54437346
Stuff. I experiment, rebuild, program or whatever. Still does the same shit it did before. Old stuff is a great way to learn and appreciate technology, plus it lets you explore the overpriced high end for next to nothing.
