#thinclient

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2025-06-12

@mshelton @freedomofpress @eff I did prepare peoples' devices for that in the past.

My suggestions:

0. Never assume you'll have any #HumanRights or #CivilRights. Always assume #TSA staff is looking for a reason to jail, deport, deny entry or shoot one on the spot.

1. Do not have data on them! #CPB will seize any storage media under threat of lethal violence! Use a #ThinClient-like device without any persistent storage. Keep anything important in your head or don't keep it at all.

2. Have someone to setup a #RemoteDesktop for you post-entry and enshure you've got a #SafeWord to indicate you're acting under duress, so they can redirect stuff to a inconspicuous system.

3. Have a #decoy system ready. CPB have full, unrestricted bulk access to all data from companies that are located, do business in or have an office within the #USA as per #CloudAct. So much so that they consider it "suspicious" if one doesn't have an #NSABook account.

4. Make shure all your devices are #clean. Get yourself new throwaway devices and don't trust them if you ever let them out of sight for a second!

5. Test your setup before you travel to the #US on a different system.

6. This applies to every single device from #SimCard to #Laptop. Assume that if authorities plug anything in them, they are irredeemably compromised!

7. Practise proper #ITsec, #InfoSec, #OpSec & #ComSec. Have proper contingencies and emergency contacts in place.

D_70WN 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️D_70WN@chaos.social
2025-06-12

Nice Dell Wyse 5470 #thinclient, will be a perfect #burnerdevices for traveling. The price is a real bargain at only €54.

Device Specs:

- Intel Celeron - N4100 / up to 2.4 GHz
- UHD Graphics 600
- 4 GB RAM
- 16 GB eMMC
- 14" TN 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)
- Gigabit Ethernet
- Wi-Fi 5

Dell BIOS Update ScreenDell Wyse 5470 System Test ScreenInside view Dell Wyse 5470Installing Debian 12, keyboard with backlight
2025-06-01

Neuer Blog-Artikel:

"Das 25-Euro-NAS. Teil 2: DietPi – Anwendungen à la carte"

digital-cleaning.de/index.php/

#nas #thinclient #dietpi #linux

Markus Seifert(2285 @GPN)markusseifert@chaos.social
2025-05-30

@Lamal Ich bin vom Raspi weg zu einem #Thinclient ein HP T620. x86-64 4 Kerne, 4 GB, eine M.2 SATA SSD. Warum? Ein solides Gehäuse in dem alles drin ist, 3-4 Watt idle, 10 Watt unter Last, vergleichbar mit Raspi. Und volle x86-Kompatibilität und somit mehr/aktuellere Software (hier: ubuntu Server 24.04)

Macht bei mir DNS, DHCP, PXE-Server, Webseite mit mySQL für Bastelprojekte, DLNA-Mediaserver, Nextcloud für 4 Pers., Wireguard, SMB... und ist Leistungsmäßig absolut ausreichend.

2025-05-24

Last night, someone mentioned his ThinkCentre for his homelab. And since then I've been searching the web for different solutions for a homelab, mostly thin clients. There are interesting low-cost offers. One of my favourites at the moment are HP t640 because of their embedded Ryzen CPUs. But as soon as I look for just a small upgrade the price "skyrockets" from 80 Euro for the t640 to 190 Euro for the t740. When looking for new hardware there's currently an offer for the Acemagic K1 with a Ryzen 5 7430U barebones for 210 Euro and with 16GB/512GB for 280 Euro. This CPU has much more power than the older embedded ones while still running with a 15W TDP.

For assessing the difference between CPUs I often resort to cpubenchmark.net: cpubenchmark.net/compare/5991v

#homelab #refurbished #thinclient #10inch

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2025-05-05

@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.

  • And since you ain't looking for some "vintage" SD-RAM there's no need to dive into those.
2025-04-16

@drazraeltod Used business computers, a #ThinClient like the #T620 for example, are quite popular as an htpc. You can get them for cheap second hand as entire offices upgrade and liquidate their old models.
Thing is there's no optical drive though. Maybe you're better served by an external optical drive over usb ? Optical drives are definitely less and less common on computers in general, so that will limit your choice

2025-04-07

Microsoft's dedicated cloud PCs called Windows 365 Link are coming to Germany

The "Windows 365 Link" is a thin client without its own operating system, as everything runs in the cloud. The mini PC is available in Germany for 419 euros.

heise.de/en/news/Microsoft-s-d

#CloudComputing #IT #Microsoft #MiniPC #ThinClient #Windows #news

2025-04-07

Microsofts dedizierte Cloud-PCs namens Windows 365 Link kommen nach Deutschland

Der "Windows 365 Link" ist ein Thin Client ohne eigenes Betriebssystem, denn alles läuft in der Cloud. Der Mini-PC ist in Deutschland für 419 Euro zu bekommen.

heise.de/news/Microsofts-dediz

#CloudComputing #IT #Microsoft #MiniPC #ThinClient #Windows #news

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2025-03-14

@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.

Jordan (has moved)lns@fosstodon.org
2025-03-10

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!

#linux #ltsp #ubuntu #retrocomputing #education #school #thinclient

An elementary school's computer lab, with rows of computers booted up to Ubuntu LTSP. A stuffie of Tux is hanging on the front whiteboard.
Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2025-03-04

@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)!

2025-03-04

HP plugs 233 security leaks in the Thin Client OS ThinPro

HP's Linux-based ThinPro operating system for thin clients contains hundreds of security vulnerabilities. An update plugs them all.

heise.de/en/news/HP-plugs-233-

#HewlettPackard #Security #ThinClient #news

2025-03-04

HP stopft 233 Sicherheitslecks im Thin-Client-OS ThinPro

HPs Linux-basiertes ThinPro-Betriebssystem für Thin-Clients enthält hunderte Sicherheitslücken. Ein Update stopft sie alle.

heise.de/news/HP-stopft-233-Si

#HewlettPackard #Security #ThinClient #news

2025-02-25

Lilbits: Mini-laptops, thin clients, and mid-range smartphone chips

The Chuwi MiniBook is a mini-laptop with an 8 inch display that’s been around in one form or another since 2019. Chuwi gave the little laptop a spec bump a few times over the years, and the most recent model features an Intel N100 Alder Lake-N processor. But I’m not aware of any stores that are actually selling that model… at least not to customers in the US.

It turns out you can buy a […]

#bargains #chuwiMinibook #dimensity6400 #dimensity7400 #dimensity7400x #japan #lilbits #mediatek #miniLaptop #raspberryPi #raspberryPiCm5 #thinClient #zwide

Read more: liliputing.com/lilbits-mini-la

2025-02-25

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. buff.ly/41ezisa #RaspberryPiCM5 #ThinClient #NComputing

Retro Markus 🇩🇰🇩🇪Markus@bitbang.social
2025-02-21

Show me your Sun Ray smartcards !

#retrocomputing #sun #sunray #smartcard #thinclient

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2025-02-09

@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...
Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2025-02-08

@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...

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