They didn't say ketchup, it said tomato paste, this is pureed tomato and is
a lot more solid than ketchup.

Here are few more related sites to create your own distro:
https://www.linuxvoice.com/build-your-own-linux-distro/
http://www.wikihow.com/Build-Your-Ow...x-Distribution
http://www.tuxradar.com/content/buil...ution-easy-way
http://www.buildyourownlinux.com/

Evidently, this is a lot more popular than I had expected. I recall that once I did this with Puppy Linux almost 7 years ago or so but it had some problems that couldn't be resolved. Can try this again in future when I have time and feel like it.

An old PC is no good if the power is off for an extended period of time, there is an evacuation ordered due to natural disaster etc.,

Puerto Rico has been affected very badly after Hurricane Maria:
http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1.../p2p-94672816/

If emergency evacuation is declared then old PC is no good to bug out with, in this case I have to agree. For this scenario it helps to have battery operated mp3 player with radio, nice set of spare batteries, tablet PC, cell phone, recharge kit etc., Also helps to keep backup of old PC burned to DVD or backed up to external portable HD for quick and convenient exit.

Knoppix is the opposite of older PC and minimalistic distro. The latest version
usually had a lot of bloatware but one can learn a lot from looking at the different software it has and testing some of their features. Knoppix was my favorite distro from 2003 to 2006 or so, haven't used it in a long time.

http://www.knopper.net/knoppix-info/index-en.html

Just got next months flyer from local discount store by mail.
Used C2D with KB, Monitor, 3Gb Ram and 250 Gb HD costs 99
bucks or 115 with taxes. Used Lenovo i7 with 4Gb Ram, 160Gb HD with detachable
monitor that can be used as a tablet for 199 or 230 with taxes.
Prices for used PCs are really falling, so guess folks just discard older
PCs and keep on buying as latest as they can afford. Must keep an eye
out for abandoned, useful used PC components in future. At these prices,
it is cheaper to buy entire used PC than to try and buy individual used
components, no wonder some don't even bother taking out few components and
abandon entire used PC.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/t...b0b24aee4bcc63

Will be nice to have a software that reminds and guides to appreciate
things daily. This will make our lives richer and even help a few folks who are lonely etc., Excellent use for an older PC.

You can use the Linux motd to make a daily reminder

Youtube video of Rescued old computer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngQXzlAlu5U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GebwKXZKEb4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP-FL8sSCi4

Lots of touchy loose contact on the above, very poor tabs that connect
front panel to case, DVD drive didn't work, no PS2 ports etc., many issues
with it, personally not worth updating in my opinion, this PC can fail
any time due to loose contacts. If I got such a PC, I will use the parts
that are good and will certainly recycle the case and mobo. Folks are
throwing away lots of older PCs, there is a good choice out there.

When watching the last Video above, video hung on my older PC and only heard
audio for 2/3rds of video. CPU usage went upto 84% when watching, no wonder
in high heat the Xwindows crashes on my present PC with slow specs also.

http://www.offthegridnews.com/grid-t...ld-emp-attack/

As per the article above, a computer will not survive an EMP attack due to all the connected cables that act as an antenna. What about an older PC that is disconnected and not in use, can this survive an EMP attack ? What about any other electronic devices that are not connected and in storage, will these survive EMP attack ?

The thing abbout EMPs is that they induce a current in ALL circuits.
While unpowered cicuits will suffer less, there will still be some induced current that will cause damage.

This P4 old PC has 1Gb of Memory and youtube video hangs a lot with just audio playing. Before it was ok but with time it is getting PAINFULLY much worse. In a few years, it appears that Video will just not work on this older PC as the quality of videos being produced is a lot higher these days.

Adding more memory might help to increase the lifespan of this PC, so this is one vital thing to keep an eye out for.

Here is a site in regards to Memory requirements for different users that is helpful:
http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/store-...emory-required

What web browser do you use? I find that chromium is much more efficient than Firefox for YouTube and other video sites.

As for RAM, I know 1GB is not enough for Firefox to play Netflix videos. You can sluggishly navigate around, but if you actually try to watch a video, playback will crash in less than 10 seconds. 2GB is adequate. Unfortunately, Netflix requires DRM so chromium won't work.

I use SeaMonkey old version. The thing is that video was ok in this PC before but with time it is getting harder. Why is it this way ? Why does video need more memory now and not in the past ?

Another old IT stuffs collector stops efforts due to lack of space and saturation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW5OjudzyBY

I must have forecast this in advance and prepared to collect more older software, OSes. Even now it is not too late to do this.

The whole e-waste thing is becoming pretty bad. People are disposing of perfectly good systems that others can put to use. It is a big waste.