Greetings again all.
Got the little mini PC pictured below from work (it was hooked up to a plasma TV for digital signage and is no longer needed).
Had to clean it up, looks good as new now (sorry for the picture, my entry-level Android phone is not known for its camera).
As far as I can tell based on a search of its model number, it’s probably got a Celeron or Core Duo in it, maybe 1 or 2 GB of RAM, probably a very small hard drive. There was a Windows XP sticker on it. (It actually has a FireWire port if you can believe that.)
I brought it home but haven’t hooked it up yet.
Any suggestions on what I could do with it? I want to see if I can give it life. I have spare peripherals. I’m thinking of putting Puppy Linux on it. I’m sure some of you will suggest media server or something like that.
(I have an old copy of Vista around … dare I? Hmm…)
PeterC
<p>looks like my old Asrock ION 330. Thats got XFCE on it, a lightweight Linux/debian/ubuntu derivative. Runs great – just doesn't run anything I need at the moment. Its funny but the advent of tablets, in particular the nexus 7 when I got it, was the cause for my secondary old PC devices demise, taking over general household calendar/email/music/movie stuff. </p><p><br></p><p>Stick XFCE on it…. it runs fast.</p><p>edit: Xubuntu thats the version I quite like</p>