What can you do with an old computer?

Question

Iron

Specifications:
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
1.84Hz 512MB
RADEON x600/x500 Series 256MB
motherboard - forgot to look
I want to learn how to install Windows, Unix, Linux on it, what else can I do with it?

Answer 1

- Lift like a dumbbell
- Sit
- Hammer nails
- Use it as a load when sauerkraut
- install Windows 2000 and nostalgically play games from the beginning of the 2000s
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Answer 2

What can you do with an old computer?

Use as a home server:

• Torrent download
  
• media server
  
• Print server
  

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what else can you do with it?

Give away:

• grandmother ("bah, look, skype, you can video calls with grandchildren")
  
• to the orphanage
  
• housemates (post an ad in the entrance)
  
• low-income families (announcement in the entrance, or go around several schools, ask them to put up an announcement about free transfer of a computer to a needy family, + teachers usually know which children are from low-income families)
  
• to the clinic or hospital (from the comments)
  

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I want to learn how to install Windows, Unix, Linux on it

What for? For tests and experiments, it is easier to use virtual machines, such as Oracle Virtual Box.
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UPD. More options, inspired by an article from habr https://habr.com/post/418385/

• Sell ​​on Avito (in that article from Habr, a person bought a rarity for 2000 rubles)
  
• Play old games
  

Answer 3

The parameters are similar to the Raspberry Pi.
It is better to install some server edition of Linux, without a graphical interface (you can OpenSUSE, CentOS, Debian), and study the operation of the OS on it. Customize to suit your needs. You can install a web server and write your own web application, or just a site parser, etc.
Use lynx, vim, mc, etc.
I think that this experience will be useful in the future. At least it worked for me.