Sounds like a good way to make use of old eMachines, at a large discount too.

Finally, the year of the Linux Desktop! (eMachine edition)

Image of an old desktop with paper taped into it saying "Why Linux instead of Windows"
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True, but there are some super lightweight distros like AntiX, Puppy Linux, or Bodhi that can run decently on 2GB even in 2025 - I've got an ancient netbook running AntiX that's suprisingly usable for basic tasks and streaming audio through my soundleaf app.

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