Can root mount a partition and allow users to write to it?

[Isaac Connor]

What does this have to do with the topic?

What are you doing with these computers anyways?

I donate a lot of machine to a couple of organizations in Toronto that 
put together machines and sell them cheaply for disadvantaged families 
and community organizations.  If you were doing something good with 
them, I could give you about 10 P4/Athlon class machines.

I personally still sometimes use a PIII laptop, running the latest 
xubuntu.  It works just fine although it is a bit slow.  My baby also 
uses it for watching youtube videos.  The video is choppy but she 
doesn't know any better.

Still, I don't think that it is really worth the effort to keep PIII's 
in circulation.  I don't even think it is worth it for P4's/Athlons.  
Newer stuff is just too cheap and energy efficient.

Isaac

On 12-05-19 12:45 PM, charles chris wrote:
>
> *Pentium IIIs are being scrapped for NO GOOD REASON *
>
> I am surprised that recyclers of used PCs are selling Pentium IIIs for 
> scrap metal.
>
> Pentium IIIs are being scrapped for NO GOOD REASON
>
> Those Pentium IIIs can run special releases of Linux operating systems 
> designed to perform well on slow processors with low amounts of RAM 
> (256 MB). However, 512 is the more practical minimum amount of 
> installed system memory!
>
> Surely a Pentium III with a modern supported fast and responsive 
> Operating System has greater value than what is paid for scrap metal!
>
> I wish I could receive Pentium III computers for the same price a 
> scrap dealer pays for them (under $5.00 per unit).
> I am especially interested in receiving old laptops!
>
> A Pentium III PC runs from about 500 MHz to 1.3 GHz.
> Most likely the small HD will be replaced with a min of 20 GB HD and 
> the RAM increased to 512 MB.
>
> I have created an image for Linux Mint 9 LXDE designed to run on low 
> spec computers like Pentium IIIs, max 512 RAM.
>
> The details of my experimentation are here:
>
> http://drpcdr.ca/LMLXDE.pdf
>
> Someone is seeding the image here:
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
> I took some pics:
>
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>
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>
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