RE: [TCLUG:23077] Creative uses for old PCs using Linux?

["Eric Hillman" <ehillman@cccu.com>]

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> What kinds of things can be done using Linux on old PCs, (i.e. 486, Pentium
> 100, etc)? I am already aware that you can use an older 486 to make a router
> out of it, but what other creative things can be done?
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Not exactly creative, but I ran an in-house Quake 2 server, 4+ Eraser bots on a
486/DX100 for a while.  As long as it's in console-only mode, it ran without a
hitch.  You could probably manage a Half-Life/Counterstrike server if you kept
it to 6 or fewer players.