@Sirs0ri np.

I can recommend the "upcycling" & "reuse" route given #ThinClients offer decent performance for a mini server and more often than not are completely fanless, making them excellent at home.

• I do use an #hp t620 for that myself, and unlike the #ProBook|s it seems hp didn't do #DRM with the #RAM on their #ThinClient|s...

It's not that I don't say any other brand is bad, but those brands have been reliable to me and are known to use reliable & new components and not new-old-stock or "upcycled" chips ripped from older machines and sticks.

• And since you ain't looking for some "vintage" SD-RAM there's no need to dive into those.

@fuchsiii @grumpygamer oftentimes said cores ain't even "dedicaded" but shared...

• In the case of #CyberBunker they literally sold #Nehalem(-EX) hardware to customers (cross referenced by datasheets/specsheets and the fact they never updated the listings in 15+ years!)

"shared core VPS" are a very big mistake, espechally on Hosters like #Hetzner...

• Ask me how I know!

So OFC said systems are overworked, espechally the convenience-based options where one just shoves on files and tells it to "bake it"...

• OFC it shouldn't be the responsibility of a #GameDev to #DIY one's own #CI / #CD infrastructure, and I think given the size and complexity of said games it would be overkill to do so.

If feasible, just grab' yourself a decently performing PC/Server/Laptop you can chug in a closet, SSH/RDP onto and use it as "build servant" ("Rechenknecht") to run your builds and then sent a notification once done.

• Since speed is of no real concern, but #EnergyConsumption is (@€0,33/kWh), I got some #fanless #ThinClient as a #MiniServer with some external SSD plugged into USB 3.0

@noblefeu also das mit Farbe ist ne Frage des Panels.

• Bei #eInk gibt's nur wenige ACeP panels die 7 Farben können.

Wasserdichtigkeit geht notfalls per Hülle (gibt reputable Hersteller die sogar Druckwasserdichtigkeit für's Tauchen garantieren, brsucht halt buttons)...

• Mensch muss in jedem Falle bei jedem Hersteller und Gerät einzeln nachfragen, ob diese entsprecjende Features haben.

Sowas wie "#ePub-Dateien ohne #DRM von #microSD lesen und anzeigen" sollte jeder halbwegs taugliche #eReader können. Ansonsten ist es allenfalls nen "#ThinClient für geschlossene Systeme" (vgl. #Amazon #Kindle)!

@leon_miller @topher Or just get them to people who need one but can't afford buying new anyway.

• Shure a #ThinClient ain't gonna play Roblox or Fortnite but it'll allow people to do basic office stuff and watch some videos...

@MaliciousCarp consider some #fanless #amd64 #ThinClient instead....

• The work great as mini-servers, can accept quite a lot of RAM and usually have at meast USB 3.0 & M.2 B-Key slots...

@QuietMisdreavus you could setup a miniserver with like #Proxmox and have a #VM with #Kodi front it's direct I/O.

• Otherwise it may be cheaper, simpler and easier to just get a an old #ThinClient and abuse it as a downloadibg slave...

@dthacker9 @ai6yr nodds in agreement

I can recommend getting like a used #ThinClient ans chugging a big yet slow SATA-SSD in it and then just #rsync stuff as a pull-backup remotely.

• @fuchsiii did that for her Server!

And besides an EeePC 701 4G and a #Vaio #P11Z I also have a #hp #t620 #ThinClient to test @OS1337 on...

In fact I'd love to see someone actually implement @OS1337 as a #BootROM [or like a #readonly - #eMMC for #ThinClient if not #EEPROM] so it can be the fastest booting #Linux machine...

... but I want to get a solid foundation with @OS1337 that can be used for like a #ThinClient-based #OS similar to #PorteusKiosk which sadly went down the #subscription-only #paywall...

@mvilain @dangillmor @pluralistic yeah...

The only reason I still have my DeskJet 6122 hooked up is because that lil shit refuses to die!

• Like its glycol ink refuses to clog and it's easy to refill and reset the cartridges...

• Otherwise I would've already replaced it with a WorkCentre multifunction laser...

Worse are their #ProBook line of #Laptops: They literally "Soft-#VendorLock" their #RAM to #HP-branded sticks, bricking #PXE-boot and requiring people to manually press F1 on the device keyboard EVERY SINGLE BOOTUP / REBOOT with #FUD messages.

• Unlike with like #WiFi and #WWAN chips where one can figleaf argue that those need allow-listing for "spectrum regulatory compliance", this doesn't apply to RAM!

On the flipside I use a bunch of #fanless hp #ThinClient|s as #MiniServers, but that's because in #Germany #electricity is absurdly expensive and for just doing #backups and #MediaSharing doesn't draw much power...

@oracle Setup some #linux box (i.e. #RaspberryPi or just #UbuntuLTS on a #ThinClient) on.the network, mount the /home directory of it via #SFTP / #SSH on all machines and just shove your files on it.

• Otherwise you'd have to use #rsync and build your own sync script...

Another Option is setting up your own @nextcloud / #nextcloud Box and installing the #NextcloudSync client to sync your music across devices...

• Sorry if there's no "easy solution"...

@foone looks like some #terminal for legacy setups (think #VT525) or a #ThinClient / #ZeroClient of sorts...

@doskel @max
wtf?
4GB for a chat server??
What are people smoking who coded that???

That's some serious bloatware since Tails on a #ThinClient with just 4GB RAM runs pretty zippy...

@SweetAIBelle @OS1337
So yeah, even if anything beyond the minimalist 1440kB Floppy is quite bigger, being able to #reproduce a system and have #ReproduceableBuilds is in my eyes the only way to get enough #trust so #CriticalInfrastructure providers would consider it even remotely for use.

• Or in some cases barely allow it #onsite for use.

And that's why I use #toybox: Because the motivations align with those of @landley and I also want counter-#FUD decisionmakers by showing them:

"This is what I'd use to administrate your critical #Linux / #BSD / #Unix servers. You don't have to trust me, here's the code that you can build it yoursef - airgapped and inhouse - and it WILL exceed any security and auditability criteria you can create that any other OS can comply with!"

Not to mention a compact system can just yoink itself into RAM and just be available for tasking, making #ThinClient updates super fast and easy to facilitate across machines, preventing any persistence of malicious code or unauthorized access beyond reboot...

Basically the #VT69 dumb terminal but over #SSH and thus way more practical!

@atomicpoet we both know that that's not #Microsoft's trajectory, because if they were smart, they'd already discontinued #Windows, put code into #Wine and instead focussed of #Office365, #Azure and #XboxGamePass...

That being said, I do expect Microsoft to take their experience from the #XboxOneS and start developing basically their reply to #Chromebook with a #ThinClient for #Microsoft365 products...