[wplug] Games on Linux ...

[Russ Schneider]

On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Bill Moran wrote:

> From: http://www.potentialtech.com/jmoran/linuxgames.html

"Please understand the implications of this experiment. I took a given 
computer (that was already paid for) and made it perform better by 
replacing expensive Microsoft software with a free Linux implementation. 
It makes me wonder how much money businesses could save by switching to 
Linux."

I can cite numerous examples of the above statement.

Just last week, I dusted off my old Sony Vaio I bought in like 1996.  It's 
a Pentium 200Mhz machine with 64MB RAM (upgraded from 32) and even had a 
sticker on it that said "Designed for Windows 95".

I installed Debian on it to try Debian out.  Liked it so much, and saw
that it was running great that I bought a router and it's now my home
webserver serving up all my music and personal web pages.  Runs great with
apache, postgresql, wu-ftp, php, etc.  AWStats is loaded and configuring
all the traffic.  All I need to do is put in a wireless NIC so I can shove
it in the attic.

Load average is low, always has plenty of memory to spare...heck it's a 
perfectly productive machine now.

Gotta love it. :)


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