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Sounds like a good way to make use of old eMachines, at a large discount too.

Finally, the year of the Linux Desktop! (eMachine edition)

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 11 points 2 days ago (14 children)

That's probably okay if all you want to do is browse the web.

But with an Intel celeron you're not going to get very far even if you do have a more efficient operating system.

[–] yarr 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Oof, the web isn't as light as it used to be. Some websites won't even OPEN now with <2GB of RAM. Yes, it is that sloppy.

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