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10 ways Linux can breath life into your old PCs

by Jeff Christman

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Have an old PC that you do not know what to do with? Turn it into something useful such as a firewall or router. The article give more ideas. What do you use your old pc for ?

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Posted in General on September 12th, 2007

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