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The problem with this tiny projects is that you need a web browser. And good luck browsing the web in old PCs [...]

As I can imagine now, a lot of things will not run on 10 y.o. hardware once you get limited by the last base OS you could install.

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In the context of Linux, ten year old hardware is widely supported, and will not limit what base OS version and software is installable, though its capabilities might affect usability. We're not really discussing OS X here, where planned obsolescence is such a huge factor.

That's not really a Linux problem as far as I can tell. You can install a five-minute old Debian-testing on 10 year old hardware without too many surprises.

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