@pauliehedron @BrodieOnLinux I daily drive a #hp #t620 as a mini server, because in #Germany power is expensive af and I want something cheap (€30 used), quiet (fanless!) and having #amd64 durig the #PiShortage.
Attached: 1 image Thanks to a donation by @[email protected], I've been able to test @OS1337 on a real #EeePC701-4G and so far this seems to have only some minor hiccups. - OFC I've first ran into the #137GB barrier with the #BIOS when booting my regular #Vendoy drive but then again at the time the #EeePC was released, 240GB SSDs were unobtanium and would've costed propably more than a dozen 701-4G's retail...
@BestGirlGrace I just have a #hp #t620 #ThinClient with @bunsenlabs / #BunsenLabsLinux and @tails_live / #Tails ISOs on it's SSD, using #ventoy to simplify that whole thing even more...
@kwf well, I do plan to use #HTTP + #OpenPGP-#Signatures for @OS1337 packages and distribute OS/1337 release images via #BitTorrent exclusively...
But that's just because I have #Sysadmin experience with #narrowband comnectivity and acknowledge that a #SquidProxy on #ipFire is a way easier and more convenient option to #cache and #mirror than spinning up a custom #repo m-server to mirror distros...
Also #CA's can and will be more likely to provide #LEAs with #Certificates to duplicate than a #distro would...
Still, #upcycling #ThinClients as #MiniServers is nifty and I myself use several #t620's for such purposes like #backups, #downloads and #Torrenting #FLOSS #distros...
@LateNightLinux OFC you were - just like @heiseonline @ct_Magazin were when they bought some #Fujitsu #Futro Thin client with a Celeron J4105 in it, to the point that these are nowadays completely jacked up in pricing on #eBay.de ...
Personally, I use some #hp #t620's as #MiniServer and they run flawlessly with @ubuntu / #Ubuntu 22.04 LTS #Server...
OFC they can also run @Raspberry_Pi #RaspberryPiOS, @bunsenlabs #BunsenLabsLinux and even @tails_live #Tails just fine...
@HopelessDemigod Tho it won't run on #i086 or #i286 but I think a #hp #t620 is also okay in that regard...
After all, being able to just shove the entire floppy in RAM provides a super-snappy and fast experience!
And I do have a soft spot for #ThinClients that are #fanless and provide a very cheap - espechally on the used market - computing experience.
Likewise I think more people would learn #Linux if they had more options besides a @Raspberry_Pi to get crackin':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wDtxYeJdzg&t=45s
@aurora sadly every competitior just vomits out some boards with shit to nonexistent documentation.
You might - if you don't need #ARM64 but could also use #ix86 / #amd64 - choose some #ThinClient like a #hp #T620 which can be had for as little as €30 with power supply, optional stand, 4GD DDR3L-SODIMM and 8GB M.2 B-Key SSD.
Kevin Karhan 
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