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Dell Optiplex GX620
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This is a really old desktop, with a Pentium 4 (3.2 GHz) and 1 GB of RAM. Plus a 500GB HDD. It runs Windows XP quite briskly.
I would quite like to repurpose it, so I can give it away. Somebody could use it for basic word processing and web access, provided it had an up to date operating system and anti-virus. Any suggestions for what to put on it?
In the meantime, I notice that I loaded Tiberian Sun and Openarena, so it has its uses .... (offline, of course.)
I would quite like to repurpose it, so I can give it away. Somebody could use it for basic word processing and web access, provided it had an up to date operating system and anti-virus. Any suggestions for what to put on it?
In the meantime, I notice that I loaded Tiberian Sun and Openarena, so it has its uses .... (offline, of course.)
No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
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linux .... tell us the service tag and we will be able to add more/other suggestions
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J9sgs1jdebitcardmayhem said:linux .... tell us the service tag and we will be able to add more/other suggestions
Which version of Linux?
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I have an old GX 280.( Ex work used for development)
P4 3.0ghz
1GB( might have put more in I forget nope just the 1)
160GB HDD
Radion x300
Used it to try out stuff.
Took a Windows 10 install
Put Linux mint on it
Just worked also runs off the USB stick
Really sluggish now sits in a corner till I decide what to do with it.
(Probably scrap got way to much old kit eg gx50)
That gx620 should be better might be worth trying to find some extra cheap/free memory.
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Anything on the hard drive you would rather someone not get hold of?0
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Well 15yrs old it ain't going to be like a ferrari , but put in two x 2gb memory sticks or 2x1GB and mint will be fine. It should run on the 1GB it has too try a USB mint live and see how it goes. Libreoffice for docs etc Firefox(my choice) or chromium or Edge(yes really)
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I think the issue with my GX280 is it gets memory bound with 1GB if you try too do too much or browse(Firefox)
A lot of web pages gobble memory.
Unbelievable they were decent development machine in their day.
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