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Originally Posted by =X=
Forever is such as strong word 
I have a PC running Linux since 1996. I never turn it off, its a 200MHZ Intel Celeron overclocked to 300MHz. It's gone through several hard drives, power supplies and a fan, several versions of Mandrake and finally using Ubuntu. But the PC is still used heavily without any fear of obsolescence.
In PC world I believe it's approaching forever  .
Linux OS tends to support older hardware better than any OS, what it does not handle well is bleeding edge hardware or specialized hardware, this is where windows is just better supported.
Ubuntu works best with 512MB RAM and 1.2GHZ processer for anything less I'd recommend Xbuntu.
=X= |
Thanks =X=! I run from the bleeding edge in computers nowadays. When you add up all the costs of for profit companies' upgrades, you can spend US $200-300 a year just in upgrades. I'd rather spend that on things like e-books, music CD's and DVD's. But I'm a cheapskate...