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05-Sep-2006, 09:45 PM #1
Linux Minimum specs?
Reading this first may help you understand the meaning of this topic.

I think it's a pretty low spec mobo/CPU. Would a Linux OS run on it but still connect tot he internet using a USB modem and network it to my main computer?
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10-Sep-2006, 07:09 PM #2
Hello there.

By your linked post, it sounds like you want to use that older PC as a router. I have heard a lot about Endian Firewall. My uncle uses it, and he said it is quite powerful. It is a Linux distribution made to be a router/firewall. The only thing, though, is that I am not sure the older system meets the hardware requirements. It's something worth checking into, though.

HOpe this helps.

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09-Oct-2006, 02:24 AM #3
Sorry to dig up old threads, didn't see this one had a reply.

Thanks! BUT I have been forced to change ISP and they are sending me a free router later this week. I'll look into it anyhow, looks interesting. If anything I can sell it to someone who needs one!

Thanks again.
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