Where can I use old computers?

If you're running a home network and have multiple users--you, your spouse, your kids--reuse as network-attached storage or even as an actual server may be just the ticket for an old system. You can turn your old PC into a network-attached storage device with FreeNAS. read more

If you own or administer a network of computers, that’s great, as you can use your old PC as the remote print or file server. Here is a guide with Windows XP as the OS on the old PC. Alternatively, you can use the old laptop storage as the file server for the network of the computers. Start with this guide to get the best out of the e-junk. read more

Tonido suggests you put it on your primary use computer, but if you install it on an old secondary computer, it's instantly part of your backup routine. Note that it's not an operating system in and of itself—you'll still need Windows, macOS, or a version of Linux running on the PC to use Tonido. Other software you can try: Rockstor and NAS4Free. read more