What to do with an old laptop?

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HDD died a while ago and I've always wanted to do something different with it. I'll swap in a new HDD, but I need a new OS. Are there options for something like this where I don't want to shell out for another OS?

I'd appreciate your suggestions. I just want to mainly be able to get on the internet with this (so I can have it up with guides to games) and use YM/Adium on it every now and then. Thanks.

Edit: I'm only mildly familiar with Linux, so if you suggest that, if you could post links to help me getting up and going quickly would be great. Thanks again.
 
Ive been playing around with ubuntu. It's probably the simplest linix distro to use. Nice graphical interface. Plus, it has apps for email and web browsing pre installed.
 
Don't forget most of the linux distros have those livecds for you to give them a run before actually installing.
 
[quote name='uli2000']Ive been playing around with ubuntu. It's probably the simplest linix distro to use. Nice graphical interface. Plus, it has apps for email and web browsing pre installed.[/quote]I'm gonna Google and research it myself, but are these available on one central site (for free, I'm guessing) or am I gonna have to hunt things down piece by piece?

Is it like Windows XP where you have a base pack and then you get all these other "distros" to make them into a more capable/feature-packed OS like XP Business or Vista Ultimate, etc?


[quote name='DreamSymphony']use it for a gps for your car :)[/quote]My car has one built in, but that's a pretty damn cool idea.

[quote name='nonggame']use it to surf porn worries free about spyware ^__^:[/quote]Hahaha...I'll probably use it for when I wanna pull up a game guide or something. I hate using up my Mac for that--saves it from some wear and tear.

Thanks again for the suggestions guys.
 
Download Ubuntu Ultimate and be happy. A distro is just a version of Linux and there are many. They are all completely different in terms of how they look and work. Think of them as indiviual OSs that all have a linux core.

Ubuntu Ulitmate has a ton of things with it and yes most Linux distros are free, very few cost anything.
 
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