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Garage machine for streaming music and reading PDF files of manuals, media center PC, storage server, digital photo frame/display, virtual fish tank, etc BUT ... power use gets to be an issue.
Got rid of my ancient computing devices and replaced with a Pi (provided by a pelican no less!) and have pretty much what I had before, only better since mass RAID storage is now part of my desktop machine, was able to turn off most of a kilowatt of stuff (486 router/gateway, 2 file servers) that needed to be kept going 24/7 to be of use.
If they have 1gb or more RAM they can be useful devices for the "other side" of the digital divide. Install Mint w/ MATE desktop and be done, or a little more hardcore for setup would be Debian and XFCE or one of the other light weight window managers
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