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Fixing old computers with Linux

Wed, 08/31/2011 - 02:45 — John Eddie Kerr

Many computers end up at the curb on garbage day and there has been only one thing wrong with them, they were running Windows. Often it is a case of the computer getting slower and slower over time. I think it is the Windows Registry to blame for that. The best darn computer I have had for years is a computer that I found in a snowbank on the way to church. Well the good Lord helps those who helps themselves and I said "praise the Lord" and took the computer home.

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