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Good use for old EEE PC 1001PX?

FrankRD
By FrankRD
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I found an old EEE PC 1001PX at a thrift shop with a locked out password for $15 and couldn't pass it up. I did a hard format and installed Windows 10 and Ubuntu 12.04. Any suggestions for what it'd be good for? It's not really up to par for games being that it only has a gig or two of ram, and it seems like it might function best as a document editor. I'd like to give it purpose, though. Editing documents just doesn't seem too exciting. I'll be building my first rig soon, so this doesn't need to be anything fancy. Just a side project until then, really.

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4 minutes ago, FrankRD said:

 

Nail it to your wall as art

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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I have an EEEPC 701 which I used as a security camera hub for a while (multiple security cameras plugging into it with the 'motion' software running) -- had to use an external hard drive for that one though, but it worked great as a little security camera. 

 

You could also set it up as a router if you buy a USB Ethernet adapter and set it up either with some linux distro with dnsmasq running or with pfsense

If I have to explain every detail, I won't talk to you.  If you answer a question with what can be found through 10 seconds of googling, you've contributed nothing, as I assure you I've already considered it.

 

What a world we would be living in if I had to post several paragraphs every time I ask a question.

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11 minutes ago, 7he404guy said:

I have an EEEPC 701 which I used as a security camera hub for a while (multiple security cameras plugging into it with the 'motion' software running) -- had to use an external hard drive for that one though, but it worked great as a little security camera. 

 

You could also set it up as a router if you buy a USB Ethernet adapter and set it up either with some linux distro with dnsmasq running or with pfsense

I didn't even think about the security hub. I'll check in to both options, see what I can come up with. Thanks!

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