[wplug] Games on Linux ...
Bryon Gill
bgtrio at yahoo.com
Mon Jan 5 16:07:05 EST 2004
The other bonus of old laptops as servers is that their batteries provide
backup power for free.
Bryguy
On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Russ Schneider wrote:
> 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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