I kind of have a gadget addiction. I like electronics and technology more the the average bear. But, I have to save for retirement and kids college, so I have challenged myself to come up with more uses for my existing tech.
Challenge #1: Older PCs.
Technology moves quickly, and things seem older faster. Many of us have a PC with an older OS that may seem more than a little long in the tooth. And maybe you feel less secure about it safety wise.
So what to do.
I decided to try Linux - specifically Ubuntu - on it. Ubuntu is cool because it has a Live CD version that you can burn to a CD and then boot off of it for a test drive and not make any changes to the original computer.
I had an oldish laptop still running around that looked like a good candidate. Its a Dell. The last time I gave it a shot, the linux versioncould not pick up the wirelss card, leaving me in the lurch. But I decided togive the Ubuntu 9.04 (?) version a shot. It looked like it was going to find the wireless card no problem, but the next version 10.04 was coming out in a week or so, so I decided to wait it out and install the latest one.
More to come.
