I was recently given an old Dell Wyse 5010. I replaced the storage with a SATA SSD and installed Lyrion Music Server / Squeezebox. There’s something incredibly satisfying about saving "obsolete" hardware from a landfill to bring music back to the office.

#linux #selfhosting #audiophile #thinclient

@adamsdesk @rasteri not that there's anything wrong with #MultiSeat - Setups:

• I've seen these being used to do #ClassRoom - setups and smaller #InternetCafés, but there's a reason they kinda got obsoleted by #VDI with #VNC / #RDP + #VirtualDesktop - #VM|s and #ThinClients...

Not to mention these are way more fiddly than #OpenThinclient or #PorteusKiosk when it comes to setup and maintenance, whereas a #ThinClient is easy to add as demand grows...

@adamsdesk @rasteri I am aware of "#Multiseat" as in 'providing seperate #Xorg sessions oer Keyboard, Mouse and Screen'.

• Basically a single-device #ThinClient-esque setup

But that is not what I was looking into.

• Worst-case I'll have to use like a (USB->) Serial Terminal in lieu of MDA+VGA and hook up a VT-69 (I hope @violenceworks releases that soon!) or some Serial -> VGA+PS/2 Terminal Adapter…

@alcea @Codeberg @gitea @forgejo I'd see the basic point (aside of Codeberg) of Gitea/Gogs/Forgejo in the fact that you just self-host those things. Gogs/Gitea used to be Raspberry-Pi capable for average use. Grab what calls itself #thinclient these days and throw it on there, that'll get you more bang/W and less hassle updating.

Microsoft’s WebTV is Being Revived by Fans https://hackaday.com/2025/12/30/microsofts-webtv-is-being-revived-by-fans/
#Retrocomputing #DreamPi #Modem #Thinclient #WebTV

Morgen zu Kaffee und Plätzchen eingeladen worden...

Also muss ich heute noch nen #ThinClient mit #HomeAssistant installieren um den verreckten Pi zu ersetzen...

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#HArmadillium #HighAvailability #Bitto #ThinClient

#cloudnative #devops #thinclient

#Windows10 oder #endOf10 ist ein Glücksfall für mich.
Habe mir für 80€ einen intakten #MiniPC (#ThinClient) gekauft.
Nicht von privat sondern gewerblich über einen Händler.

i3, 6gen, Stromspar CPU
256GB SSD
8GB Arbeitsspeicher
3x DisplayPort

Werde ein #Linux drauf installieren.
Wahrscheinlich läuft er so noch ein paar Jahre.

#eo10 #HP

@hellomiakoda depends.

I can run @torproject / #TorBrowser on @tails_live / @tails / #Tails on a hp t620 #ThinClient with 4GB RAM, GX-217GA CPU and shared memory iGPU!

I really am pissed about #hp right now.

Cuz I got to service an #t520 #ThinClient - nothing fancy but still.

• I want to restore the #WindowsEmbeddedStandard7 on it because the previous owner didn't and it's kinda useless without admin privilegues.

• So I checked on the hp website and found that they "serial-wall" the access to any #WES7 images (propably to appease #Microsoft) behind a prompt to enter the device's serial number.

• Fortunately, that device was sold & shipped with WES7 and even has a license key, so I enter the one from the devices's label and get told "Serial Number Invalid".

• I boot the device into it's UEFI to verify things and take a photo of the Serial # displayed there (which is the same but just to be shure I retried.

• HP still claims the serial # is invalid, and since they won't provide support without a valid serial #, I'm really pissed.

Anyone else had this problem?

• Is there any way to unfuck this mess??

Cuz I'm pretty shure no reasonable lawyer would take on a case for hardware that sells for €20 on eNay and is 11+ years old by now.

• Also whoever decided that #WindowsEmbedded should be #OEMwalled is the reason why noone want to use that mess...

• At least #Linux #distros don't do that shite...

#Windows #Embedded #shitshow

I couldn't sleep last night so I wrote an an extremely simple IOS app allowing an iPhone 17 Pro to display the web browser in the native resolution of an external display.

Then I discovered artificial limitations with keyboard and mouse input on an external display.

I figured having a pocket-able thin-client with wireless input and wearable displays was a solved case based on the technology stack.

I wrote a perhaps snarky feature request in Apple's community support forum - which got removed.

Wrote a nicer version here:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/256182871

Any advice on next steps?

#apple #displayport #thinclient #artificialLimitationsForNoGoodReasons

Ich hab hier einen Fujitsu #ThinClient Futro S720
CPU: 2196 MHz
RAM: 2048 MB

Was könnte ich damit denn anstellen? Irgendjemand eine Idee?

#selfhosting

@emilyyoung Yeah, even in #Germany (and the rest of the #EU) where #Microsoft still has to provide free extended Support for #Windows10 the #refurbishers are being flooded with a shitton of decent gear to the point that they have huge sales just to not drown in stock.

• My recommendation for a lot of folks is to get some #fanless #ThinClient(s) cuz they barely sip power and still have decent enough hardware for a minimalist/"ghettohack" #NAS, #Server, #MediaCenter, #Emulation / #IndieGaming system.

Shure noone here is gonna be impressed by an AMD GX-415 or some Intel #SkyLake / #KabyLake-System but it'll still run @ubuntu / #UbuntuLTS (Server), @bunsenlabs / #BunsenLabsLinux or even #RaspberryPiOS just fine.

• And when it comes to being on a tight budget, I'm shure we all can agree that having something that can run #LibreOffice / @libreoffice , @thunderbird / #Tunderbird and even @tails_live / @tails / #Tails is better than having no #PC at all…

I'm still daily-driving an #X230Tablet and that's fine and even good enough for lightweight #Gaming.

• And in the end it's not bad hardware, but pricing: Being able to get something useable for < €100 or even < €50 completely can make the difference between a child having a PC to be able to get homework done or not.

I mean, I see @computertruhe and @PCsfueralle constantly make that work and there should be more such initiatives...

I can get two off-lease Wyse 5070 systems for the cost of one Raspberry Pi 4 or 5. Raspberry Pi's value for money is looking doubtful
#RaspberryPi #SBC #Linux #ThinClient

https://scruss.com/blog/2025/10/01/raspberry-pi-vs-used-thin-client/

So, heute mit #raspberrypi #pizerow und Kamera rumgespielt. Ergebnisse werden dann auf der Heimatseite im Zwischennetz https://elbosso.codeberg.page/ veröffentlicht. Das war das zweite #urlaubsprojekt.
Die ersten waren etwas fürs @homelab_de : #docker und #Traefik2 auf einem #thinclient #futro s930 austesten und aus alten Teilen ein Notfall-#nas bauen. Letzteres nur mäßig erfolgreich...
Heute früh dann endlich Durchbruch bei #sQLshell : alle bugs gefixt und #cicdpipeline läuft wieder!

@landley @lmemsm thx.

• I really appreciate your efforts and espechally #documentation as it makes it so much easier...

There's a reason I only considered architectures to build @OS1337 against that are "obtainable" and I'll prioritize those that I have in my possession and that can be cheaply acquired, which as of writing are about 12 build targets across 5 distinct ISAs ( #i486 and up, #amd64, #ARMv5r11, #ARMv7, #ppc64) , with only 1 (#i486SX) being currently in focus and the next one being the #Pi0 / #Pi0W who's code will run (abeit not performant) on the #Pi0W2 as well...

• All 3 #PiZero|s can be had for like €100 in total with shipping and SD-Cards so it's on-par with a useable #amd64 machine like a #ThinClient with proper SSD and RAM...

Also unlike any other #SBC manufacturer @raspberry_pi / #RaspberryPi actually write proper #documentation and not just fart out some random bootable image file and tell users to feck off!

#OS1337

Yeah the #eBox3300 is well known as as a #ThinClient / #Embedded system with those #Vortex86 but not great for #MSDOS #Gaming due to using a cheap #Cmedia #USB-#Audio - Chip instead of a proper #ISA #SoundCard...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZcmCQdSbAk

Yesterday I was given a Dell Wyse 3040 thin terminal/client - It had a bios password - but worked fine. After a little messing around I got the password cleared and was able to install Linux on it without any issues.
The 3040 is a Atom Quad Core, mine has 16gb flash storage, & 2gb ram, 12v system.

https://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/wyse/3040/

#Dell #Wyse3040 #ThinClient #Linux