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Why don't I see more people using Mini Desktop Thin Clients? Anonymous 06/25/2025 (Wed) 14:28:43 No. 23449
Considering the smaller and minimalist setup, I genuinely don't know why you guys keep ignoring desktop thin clients as a good alternative cheap desktop for running linux? I mean, I guess the limited hardware? But I mean, that didn't stop you from obsessing over Raspberry Pi. In fact, Thin clients are a lot cheaper than Raspberry Pis, You can just snag a used one at your local dollar store and it can perform decently or even near the stats of RPI 2 to 3. I bought 2 Thin clients and downloaded Gentoo on it and honestly? The performance actually shocked me. Time to get Clientpilled on Desktops
>>23449 I can speak for myself when it comes to thin clients. They have shit hardware generally since they are manufactured with shit components. That's not to say they are viable, but the amount of work to get them running is not worth it. Right now a Raspberry Pi4 and 5 are now more accessible and cheap last time I check while offering more power for the same cost depending where you get them from. A modded Wii has more going for it than a Thin Client. >>23449
Thin clients used to be abysmal dogshit for visualization/gaming that wasn't 15 years or older, or desktop applications designed for a Pentium MMX. These were computers that didn't even have the 'Core M' of laptops, but Geodes and SiS graphics. The only moment their performance began being usable for more than just spreadsheets was the death march of Intel Atom chips from Bay Trail all the way into Jasper Lake. This stretch slowly over the course of a decade pushed their performance from Core2Duo equivalent to a mid-high tier Ivy Bridge quad core. And this is why Alder Lake-N reaching a performance equivalence to Haswell-Skylake meant chinese OEMs were instantly drooling to pump mini PCs with these out. IIRC some like Morefine were desperate enough to work and release through Chinese New Year. >but this company has PCIe slots and expandable RAM bus! Adding a GPU meant either extremely limited capacity where even an RX 6400 would be pushing it, or breakout eGPU kludges that are likely unable to make full use of both a serious GPU and data throughput. >>23450 >A modded Wii has more going for it than a Thin Client Potentially this, as the large pool of consoles means that any extra parts for repair or upgrade should still be circulating for several more years.
>>23449 i agree with you OP, i got myself an Ryzen 5 mini pc to be my server and it has been a fantastic workhorse for the last 2 years. It was something like 130$ includind upgraded SSD and RAM, and when i see a raspberry pi going for 70$ i wonder what is the point anymore
>>23479 >i got myself an Ryzen 5 mini pc to be my server What brand/model?
>>23489 Something like this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305032120451 But look around for yourself and keep an eye on bargains as the goal is to loot decommissioned offices if you want a good deal This looks interesting as an example


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