There are some superb desktop Linux distributions that are designed to work with very old hardware. For example, Puppy Linux is a great choice to quickly turn an old PC into a secure, easy to use word ...
just grab a netinstall cd (around 30mb) and install the base system and apt-get everything you need. A word to the wise the system is pretty bare when you first set it up, till you apt-get everything.
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