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You should be able in theory able to install any 32 bit operating system. Whether or not it runs smoothly and fast is the question. OSs like linux (many different versions like Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Yellow Dog etc) tend to not use as much hardware resources while 'doing nothing' than windows. I do not know what motherboard it uses but it sounds pretty old and would make sence to buy a newer computer,

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