@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.
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.
@fuchsiii @grumpygamer oftentimes said cores ain't even "dedicaded" but shared...
"shared core VPS" are a very big mistake, espechally on Hosters like #Hetzner...
So OFC said systems are overworked, espechally the convenience-based options where one just shoves on files and tells it to "bake it"...
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.
Looking at some old pictures. Here's an elementary school computer lab I worked with in 2009. We repurposed their older PCs as thin clients, booting up to a central server running Ubuntu LTSP (Linux Terminal Server Project). Ubuntu 8.04 IIRC.
We did this to all 7 of their schools' computer labs. It was a blast!
@noblefeu also das mit Farbe ist ne Frage des Panels.
Wasserdichtigkeit geht notfalls per Hülle (gibt reputable Hersteller die sogar Druckwasserdichtigkeit für's Tauchen garantieren, brsucht halt buttons)...
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)!
NComputing RX540 and RX580 are thin clients powered by a Raspberry Pi CM5. Designed to connect to cloud servers for virtual desktop applications, they also has a "locked-down Chromium browser" and MS Teams apps pre-installed. https://buff.ly/41ezisa #RaspberryPiCM5 #ThinClient #NComputing
@leon_miller @topher Or just get them to people who need one but can't afford buying new anyway.
@MaliciousCarp consider some #fanless #amd64 #ThinClient instead....
@QuietMisdreavus you could setup a miniserver with like #Proxmox and have a #VM with #Kodi front it's direct I/O.
@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.
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.
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.
#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...
@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.
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!
My new mini #homelab.
Contents:
All in a #Clarks shoebox!
@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...