Comments on: Sexy Green Geek: Part 2 – Reuse http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/11/17/sexy-green-geek-part-2-reuse/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:58:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Tino http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/11/17/sexy-green-geek-part-2-reuse/#comment-136678 Tino Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:16:31 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=7471#comment-136678 I love the article "Updating the old to make it new". In my case, I manage 2 PCs, a powerful Core2Duo and a P4. Both use Linux distros, the powerful one uses opensuse 11.0 and the other one runs with Knoppix 5.1.1., and it runs excellent. And it's totally right that, instead of throwing old PCs to trash, you can power it again with some distros like Puppy Linux, and in the case of the slowest machines, DSL Linux. GNU/Linux distros have nothing to envy other OSs. I love the article “Updating the old to make it new”. In my case, I manage 2 PCs, a powerful Core2Duo and a P4. Both use Linux distros, the powerful one uses opensuse 11.0 and the other one runs with Knoppix 5.1.1., and it runs excellent. And it’s totally right that, instead of throwing old PCs to trash, you can power it again with some distros like Puppy Linux, and in the case of the slowest machines, DSL Linux. GNU/Linux distros have nothing to envy other OSs.

]]> By: Mackenzie http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/11/17/sexy-green-geek-part-2-reuse/#comment-117529 Mackenzie Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:22:48 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=7471#comment-117529 Newer computers aren't necessarily more efficient. It always depends on exactly what the hardware is. But yeah, I've wondered before if running a Pentium 2 with all that power consumption does worse than throwing it away. Newer computers aren’t necessarily more efficient. It always depends on exactly what the hardware is. But yeah, I’ve wondered before if running a Pentium 2 with all that power consumption does worse than throwing it away.

]]> By: Adam http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/11/17/sexy-green-geek-part-2-reuse/#comment-117463 Adam Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:59:44 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=7471#comment-117463 I'm actually giving an old Celeron 600 eMonster tower I have laying around (it was my mom's computer) to a friend's for her kids to use. They've got a super old computer so even though this thing is completely outdated, it should work just fine for what they'll use it for. As to the last point, the only argument for buying new hardware to use as a router and such is the power savings you'll get with something new versus running an old computer 24/7. -Adam I’m actually giving an old Celeron 600 eMonster tower I have laying around (it was my mom’s computer) to a friend’s for her kids to use. They’ve got a super old computer so even though this thing is completely outdated, it should work just fine for what they’ll use it for.

As to the last point, the only argument for buying new hardware to use as a router and such is the power savings you’ll get with something new versus running an old computer 24/7.

-Adam

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