. Store and play your MP3 (or Ogg Vorbis) music collection.
. Store data backups from CD or tape.
. Build a hardware firewall for your network.
. Make it a web server for your intranet.
. Make it your email box with fetchmail, postfix, and a text-based email client (mutt,
pine, or emacs).
. Put a fax modem in it and make it your fax machine.
. Host a remote printer.
. Build an FTP server.
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With pre-Pentium processors (386/486), you will probably not be able to run openSUSE.
You should be able to install a basic Debian GNU/Linux, though. Check out the Debian
Project at http://www.debian.org.
Avoiding Potential Hardware Problems
It should come as no surprise that no operating system is perfect. Within every Windows
service pack, some software breaks, and that often includes hardware drivers. The same is
true with Linux. Many devices will work out of the box or at the point of install. More
and more, manufacturers are providing Linux drivers for their equipment. But some
pieces of hardware always seem to have at least some trouble working under Linux.
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