Modern OS on ancient hardware.

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 13, 2010

[ Thanks to Locutus
for this link. ]

“I am currently using, at this very moment, while I am
typing, the latest completely updated version of Gentoo. I can surf
the net, play movies and my window manager even has transparency. I
am developing my Partalog program on it and transferring files,
home movies taken with my Flip, to my home server over the
internet. In other words pretty much everything which the average
computer user uses.

“As you probably guessed, I am not at home right now. I am in a
completely different city altogether. Yet I still have the need to
spin some bits and bytes. I can’t help myself. I am a computer
junkie and have no desire to follow any twelve step program 🙂
“


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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