2d ago

I look for a #ThinClient #Linux distribution?

#Linux community does someone know a tutorial for a kind of self made #ThinClient device?

I have an old notebook with Linux which does not anymore fit my power requirements, but I have a Linuc PC in my cellar which I use as working device over #RDP since a while and I love this way.

Is there a Remote-Desktop Linux Distribution (RDP, #VNC or #Moonlight) with the sole purpose to connect a VPN on startup and directly login to a Remote-Desktop and also redirect USB-Devices to remote?

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If you run X11, obviously X11 forwarding via SSH. It's basically built in thin client. There's also Xpra
For Wayland: https://github.com/neonkore/waypipe
Am I only one who immediately loses respect for hashtag abusers?
- At the very least, it makes it quite hard to read the post.
- Nope.
  There's a very low chance that the OP is posting to here via mastodon, using AP.
  (OP->feddit.org->mastodon->here)
Remmina is kind of the best right now I'd say. Thinclient isn't actually a thing much anymore outside of super locked down environments because of network state issues.
- it's a pretty big thing with wfh
  
  Huh?
- Actually I currently use Remmina. It's a cool application. And the best RDP client around.
  
  Then I'd say install Tailscale on both machines, set your network ACLs, and you're all good to go. Super simple.
I set up an old thin client with Debian and lxqt to connect to a VM on Proxmox. Got the idea from an Apalrd’s Adventures video about VDI. It worked pretty well on a decent network, but it really suffered on high latency networks.
I just installed DietPi on my new ThinClient. I use it on Raspberry Pi for years and I really like it. Is super lightweight and comes with lots of preconfigured software.
Our client had thin clients that where managed via a controller over pxe. We replaced the hyperv with vm's in the cloud and they didn't want to buy new PCs. So we got them small SSDs instead and I set up a debian image with autologin and a script that asks for credentials to launch xfreerdp in fullscreen. It worked great (until they finally got new hardware).
I can give you some of the code next week if you want.

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