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#thinclients

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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@duckyfella @MaliciousCarp Depends on the exact config and whether or not one just needs a stupid #dlna server (even the OG #RaspberryPi Model B can run minidlna fast enough to stream 1080p video with ease.

  • There should also be some hardware transcoding stuff even on older #AMD Embedded SoCs with Radeon HD graphics.

As for other #Server tasks, the #fanless #ThinClients are perfect for offloading tasks like #Backups, #Filesharing and "#Homelab|bing" aka. doing some "#FuckAroundAndFindOut" - kind of #testing.

#homelab#fuckaroundandfindout
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@foone I guess people mistake them for the #ThinClients that #Dell sells under the #WYSE brand to this day and think "Let's just charge people as much as they'd be willing to pay for those..."

Even tho I too would love some #amber & #green in my room and would love to test those against @OS1337...

youtube.com/watch?v=RuZUPpmXfT0

YouTubeDEC VT320: The Classic 1987 Library Computer TerminalBy LGR
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@jakob_thoboell @DigitalWriter@bildung.social @jdohrmann EXAKT DAS Sehe ich genauso.

Zumal #Windows und #MicrosoftOffice nicht nur unbrauchbare #Govware & #Bloatware sind, sondern deren nicht-standardkonformes Verhalten problematisch ist!

#NextCloud#collaboraoffice#winschrott
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

Because Iinstead of paying hundreds of $ for vintage hardware of limited use, why not #upcycle and #convert existing #COTS hardware like #ThinClients and turn them into something #secure that can still be used to some degree, even when they are too slow to run any decent #Desktop #Linux like @tails_live / @tails / #Tails or #BunsenLabs or whatever...

eBayDigital DEC VT525 Multi-Session Boundless Color Computer Terminal Base VT525-A6 | eBayUsed, tested working. Good shape for age.
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@nickmatavka @lightspill case in point:

Editors are a choice, like whether one wants to wear a red, green, blue or white shirt.

Whereas the base OS and security cofigurations are like a safety helmet, high-vis jacket, certified safety boots and standarized radio with trip-over detection on the belt of anyone working in an industrial or construction site:

  • "You WILL wear these or security WILL remove you from the site instantly!"

Those things are just not debateable, because it's not even up for decision by the IT or even CTO & CEO but what regulators demand.

  • Like proper #logging infrastructure that secures all the essential systems and records any changes done to them in realtime, protocols them and thus prevents malicious actors from being unnoticed.

Depending on the setup this ranges from "printing out every transaction in realtime in a locked room" (i.e. some smaller banks do) to "stashing away all syslogs with #graylog" in other cases...

  • And not just complying but exceeding standards of arbitrary complexity is one of the reasons I started @OS1337: Because at worst it's an easy to update system for #SSH-#Terminals like #ThinClients and at best it's a solid foundation for my own #IoT / #Embedded projects...
#SSH#terminals#thinclients
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Linh Pham

I have one that that runs Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and runs as my UniFi Controller via a simple setup script.

If I had to do it all over again, I would have installed Proxmox and ran it in a container or VM so that I could back it up that way to my NAS.

You can spend a little bit more for the Extended version of the thin client, which gives you a low-profile PCIe expansion slot for an additional NIC, low power graphics card, or a low power HBA for external storage.

#HomeLab#Linux#FreeBSD
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Linh Pham

If you are considering getting some really cheap N100 computers or Raspberry Pi 5 boards to set up a relatively low power homelab, you may want to consider looking at Dell Wyse 5070 thin clients with a J4105 or J5005 processor.

They are passively cooled, use a laptop power brick, support up to 8 GB of RAM, and use an M.2 SATA drive (not NVMe) and can be stood vertically or sat horizontally.

Since companies are phasing them out, you can find lots of 5, 10, 25+ on eBay and other corporate off-lease auctions for around $30-45 each.

Getting FreeBSD, Debian, Fedora, NixOS, Arch or any other distribution on them is pretty darn easy. As such, Proxmox is also an option for lightweight containers.

There are some minor tweaks to the firmware settings to allow fwupdmgr to update the firmware version properly (otherwise, use a USB boot drive).

Sure, they are bigger than most N100 or Pi 5 with a case, but the thin clients are sturdy AF and you don't have to worry about fly-by-night sellers hawking N100 systems.

HP thin clients would also work, but I haven't used them before as a homelab server.

#HomeLab#Linux#FreeBSD
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