@yura @dps910 @wboss No, just jo!

• This constellation shouldn't exist to begin with.
  • If it did exist, you should've bought Extended Security Support for it since 2019
• There's no legitimate excuse to have #TechIlliterates access said systems and being allowed to use the #Internet, save any files or even execute any code on it to begin with.
  • If you can't force the #Users to obey to simple rules, they have no business using said system.
• There is a literal zoo of #ZeroClickMalware for #Windows7 that Microsoft refuses to combat!
  • The only option I know is some "Write-Protection Driver" like the one used by #hp for their #ThinClients on #WES7 which redirect all writes to a #Ramdisk and refuses to write them on disk before shutdown / reboot!
  • But that doesn't protect against executing malicious code stealing credentials!

You shure you can't migrate the system to a #VM and/or @bunsenlabs and/or passthrough any hardware to it?

• Cuz unless you use like a "forensic write blocker" adaptor in the middle I see no chance of you winning this at all…
  • And even then: No "#Antivirus" (which as 3rd party Kernelhack is just #malware itself!) will be able to fix the fundamental flaws.
  • This includes even some like #Avast that install a #DPI component and #PacketFilter everything by acting as #MITM proxy!

@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...

@betelgeuse93 @itsfoss Okay, I've to admit this is very #EU-centric but there are lots of #refurbished #amd64-based, #fanless #ThinClients on the market.

• Not just on eNay but also directly at some big #refurbishers.

One can easily find a hp t520 or t620 with dualcore AMD GX-Series APUs, 4GB RAM and 16GB SSD for as little as €25 with power supply (excl. shipping)...

• They run box-standard #Linux distros and are fast enough to even be used for @tails_live / @tails / #Tails to browse the internet.

OFC as we all know from #LowSpecGamer the #UsedMarket in #DevelopingNations is completely fucked up which is why stuff like a GT210, 750 and 1030 will still sell there.

@itsfoss no.

There are cheaper #ThinClients if one doesn't need the 40-pin #GPIO or #ARM64 and can use #AMD64 instead.

The 1GB models of the #Pi4, #Pi5, #CM4 & #CM5 solely exist for industrial clients.

@cinnamon @lunya you ever did #ThinClients over 10Base2?

If not, it'll be fast enough…

@Odradek oder als #RetroPC #upcycle|n...

• Und wer kein #WindowsXP draufpacken mag für #RetroGaming denen kann ich @bunsenlabs / #BunsenLabsLinux ans Herz legen - oder jede andere low-power #Linux #distro...
  

Ich selbst hab' nen paar uralte #ThinClients und plane diese mittels @OS1337 langfristig benutzbar zu machen...

@slaine But even a "truckload" is basically not much compared to #Intel & #AMD, because #VIA basically never did anything beyond "#LowEnd", #Chipset, #Peripherals and #Embedded, whereas with both Intel & AMD one can go from the tinyiest < 5W SoC for fanless Thin Clients up to Dual & Quad-Socket Multt-Core Servers that have more PCIe lanes than any systems integrator could saturate with NVMe drives and GPUs in a 2U - 4U chassis!

• And again: I wanted to get my hands on VIA stuff because it was neat and cool looking but I wasn't in the position to open up like a GmbH and negotiate deals with distributors just to get my hands on some reference board & case.

Whereas AMD & Intel managed to make deals with a shitload of OEMs and that's why modern #ThinClients rock AMD G-Series and Intel Atom SoCs.

• So far their move to making #ARM-SoC's didn't change that but rather worsen it.

Add to that how the German subsidiary of VIA got axed and there wasn't even like someone I could mail or fax for a list of distributors that would actually sell to me as an individual.

@wyatt Granted some #ThinClients like the #SunRay series used it.

meanwhile I'm looking for a #VT525 #Terminal that isn't sold by some #scalpers...