Post ARcYFMP3ud9E3eJAcS by MrBungle@techhub.social
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(DIR) Post #ARcJSQefuuMThGNuCG by art@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-01-14T00:26:32Z
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Bought a Dell Thin Client N03D for $25.+ Celeron N2807 Dual-Core+ 4GB RAM+ 16GB SSD (Hopefully upgradable)+ Uses similar power as a phone chargerI think this might be the #RaspberryPi alternative that I need.
(DIR) Post #ARcJil6JfRmhk36GmW by art@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-01-14T00:29:29Z
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I'm just kinda shocked that a fairly modern 64bit desktop computer can be had for such little money. They're all over Ebay.
(DIR) Post #ARcK2XVXuqQxNKKjJo by yrabbit@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-01-14T00:33:03Z
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@art Wow, it has analog DVI! Not that you need it for such a seemingly headless computer, but I spent a lot of time finding a working decent active DVI-D ->VGA for my old monitor
(DIR) Post #ARcLJvLocZDUCTdSUq by vwbusguy@mastodon.online
2023-01-14T00:28:51Z
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@art Looks like DVI and DMS-59 outputs? I doubt you'll get 4k video out of it, but you also don't have to do as much hunting for aarch64 supported software.
(DIR) Post #ARcO2XbtvzfRVfYuwq by lindgrenj6@fosstodon.org
2023-01-14T00:58:35Z
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@art that's awesome! Could make a fun k3s cluster for cheap and without the whole aarch64 container image problem.
(DIR) Post #ARcUWhVeIG0qckOzuS by kadin@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-01-14T02:30:32Z
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@art Nice! I just bought a similar one—a Dell Wyse 3040, an eBay special (complete with the wrong AC adapter).If you haven't been there already, the parkytowers.me.uk site has a tremendous amount of info on thin clients. Here's the N03D page: https://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/wyse/3030/n03d.shtmlYours is BIOS, so you won't have the EFI jiggery-pokery I had on mine. Might want to consider the F2FS filesystem though, vs. ext3/4. It's supposed to be optimized for Flash storage devices. Seems to work well.#Linux #ThinClient
(DIR) Post #ARcUx0or7fUK2cvrmq by art@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-01-14T02:35:19Z
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@kadin Oh RAD! Thank you.
(DIR) Post #ARcWcK9YFEmVpasKmW by kadin@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-01-14T02:53:58Z
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@art Glad to help. I'm having quite a bit of fun with mine. Really impressive what you can get for well under the price of an #RPi right now.I put stock Debian on mine, as I only have 8GB of fixed eMMC storage. But if you have more, you might want to look at Ubuntu Server Minimal, plus one or more of the usage-specific 'snaps'. Looks neat.I'm thinking of picking up another just to run and experiment with Microk8s (https://microk8s.io/), Canonical's new hotness.#ThinClient #Ubuntu #Debian
(DIR) Post #ARcYFMP3ud9E3eJAcS by MrBungle@techhub.social
2023-01-14T02:55:49Z
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@art Especially considering the costs of Pis' these days.. decommissioned business thin clients off ebay are amazing.
(DIR) Post #ARcYdJctt7ZuObCgrI by davidr@hachyderm.io
2023-01-14T03:00:32Z
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@art GPIO pins?
(DIR) Post #ARcqspMZyKnmLP7FEe by brad@weeaboo.space
2023-01-14T06:41:03.607813Z
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@art https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcPy41ed3XEI found this video, I don't think it's the exact same model, but he uncases an SSD and then is able to fit its small pcb in the spot where the default storage was.I'm guessing the low prices are because it's a pain to upgrade them and make them more usable.
(DIR) Post #ARcskGcJTQx4AkWMts by CarbonCatalyst@mastodon.social
2023-01-14T07:01:54Z
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@art this looks like a prime candidate to be made into a homebrew router with a USB Ethernet adapter, a "dumb" switch and openwrt or pfsense!