Computer waste, Linux solution?

[gentil33]

Ulteo offers the possibility of using the real openoffice with all of its online functions, including online document management.
Attention, the site is too successful, and it is in the beta stage, but finally, we see for the first time real online solutions that appear.
You can lower your old pentiums from the attic, as long as they can support firefox with java, they are good for resuming service.

[Giul]

And for those who want to optimize Ubuntu (applicable to 90% also to Mandriva, or even other distributions), two extra pages of the excellent SebSauvage:

http://sebsauvage.net/logiciels/ubuntu_power.html

and more searched:
http://sebsauvage.net/ubuntu/checklist/ubuntu904.html

even without great knowledge, it is applicable by copying / pasting the given bash commands.

a bit of advertising for SebSauvage, its site is in every way excellent:
http://sebsauvage.net/

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[Rulian]

Ah thank you for the tip !!
It is true that it is a mine of tip this site !!
That's what I like about Ubuntu, is that there are always things to discover and lots of tips

[renaud67]

There's also that: Guide: upgrading to Linux (Ubuntu) here:
http://www.presence-pc.com/actualite/guide-linux-migrer-35520/

on presence-pc therefore