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09.10.08

Ubuntu Saves Compaq Presario 2100 From Death and Windows by Joe Panettieri

Ubuntu Linux saved a Compaq Presario 2100 from certain death last weekend. Here’s the horror story and the happy outcome. For all of you with aging, slow-running Windows systems, I hope this quick blog post inspires you to breathe new life into the system by installing Ubuntu.

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