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25-Apr-2009, 05:28 PM #1
Old PC With Linux
Hi I have just been given an old pc by my freind. I have decided to upgrade the memory from 128mb to 512mb and also upgrade the cpu. I just wondered whether putting linux on it instead of windows would help with performance. Any ideas would be great.

thanking in advanced Jack.
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I'd go here http://distrowatch.com/ and D/L two or three different Linux operating systems and try them to see...
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ok thanks
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