David H. Lipman wrote:
> Why ask ?
>
> So you can eek and extra 30 mins. on a platform that takes 10 days or
> more to complete ? Don't waste your energy.

Or rather don't waste the electricity and your time!


However, that's an ideal machine for playing with a non-gui version of Linux to have a play with Linux and command consoles. Should give a good
introduction to 'Real' computing. A bit like dos but with vastly greater
functionality. You could then use that box as a dedicated
firewall/router/mailbox/ whatever-other-services you want.

Alternatively, its completely underpowered to suffer WinXP, and a little
slow even for Linux desktops. It would work, but it would give you a bad impression. However, its ideal for playing with command consoles.

Or: Put linux on a seperate partition on your faster machine, dual boot, and have a play!


BTW: Fastest is Linux with the windows 'nt' client running via WINE. (WINE is an environment that mimics Windoze.)


Have fun,
Martin