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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://merveilles.town/@csepp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>csepp</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://56k.dile-up.nl/users/fristi_ebooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fristi_ebooks</span></a></span> I did deploy <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ThinClients" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinClients</span></a> as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MiniServers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiniServers</span></a> on occasion simply because they deliver good performance and barely sip power.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@mvilain" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mvilain</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dangillmor</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> yeah...</p><p>The only reason I still have my DeskJet 6122 hooked up is because that <em>lil shit</em> refuses to die!</p><ul><li><p>Like its glycol ink refuses to clog and it's easy to refill and reset the cartridges...</p></li><li><p>Otherwise I would've already replaced it with a WorkCentre multifunction laser...</p></li></ul><p>Worse are their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ProBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProBook</span></a> line of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Laptops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Laptops</span></a>: They literally <em>"Soft-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VendorLock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VendorLock</span></a>"</em> their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RAM</span></a> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HP</span></a>-branded sticks, bricking <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PXE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PXE</span></a>-boot and requiring people to manually press F1 on the device keyboard <em>EVERY SINGLE BOOTUP / REBOOT</em> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FUD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FUD</span></a> messages.</p><ul><li>Unlike with like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WiFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WiFi</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WWAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WWAN</span></a> chips where one can <em>figleaf argue</em> that those <em>need</em> allow-listing for <em>"spectrum regulatory compliance"</em>, this doesn't apply to RAM!</li></ul><p>On the flipside I use a bunch of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/fanless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fanless</span></a> hp <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ThinClient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinClient</span></a>|s as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MiniServers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiniServers</span></a>, but that's because in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electricity</span></a> is absurdly expensive and for just doing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>backups</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MediaSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MediaSharing</span></a> doesn't draw much power...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.afront.org/@kwf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kwf</span></a></span> personally I love those <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/fanless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fanless</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ThinClients" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinClients</span></a> as they make power-saving <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MiniServers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiniServers</span></a> that are cheap to buy and keep online and since they have no moving parts, maintenance is minimal...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://federated.saagarjha.com/users/saagar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>saagar</span></a></span> <em>nodds in agreement</em> Can confirm this with testing, as I use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ThinClients" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinClients</span></a> as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MiniServers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiniServers</span></a> as I want to let development tasks for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> run in the background, even if that means having a smol ramdisk and it taking a whole day to build a full image with the scripted pipeline.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.afront.org/@kwf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kwf</span></a></span> well, I do plan to use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HTTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HTTP</span></a> + <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenPGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenPGP</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signatures</span></a> for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> <a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/pkgs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">packages</a> and distribute OS/1337 release images via <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BitTorrent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BitTorrent</span></a> exclusively...</p><p>But that's just because I have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sysadmin</span></a> experience with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/narrowband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narrowband</span></a> comnectivity and acknowledge that a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SquidProxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SquidProxy</span></a> on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ipFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ipFire</span></a> is a way easier and more convenient option to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cache</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mirror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mirror</span></a> than spinning up a custom <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/repo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repo</span></a> m-server to mirror distros...</p><p>Also <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CA</span></a>'s can and will be more likely to provide <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LEAs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LEAs</span></a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Certificates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Certificates</span></a> to duplicate than a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/distro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distro</span></a> would... </p> <p>Still, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/upcycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>upcycling</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ThinClients" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinClients</span></a> as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MiniServers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiniServers</span></a> is nifty and I myself use several <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/t620" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>t620</span></a>'s for such purposes like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>backups</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/downloads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>downloads</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Torrenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Torrenting</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/distros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distros</span></a>...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Not to mention that with the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scalping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scalping</span></a> issues that <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> / <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://raspberrypi.social/@Raspberry_Pi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Raspberry_Pi</span></a></span> had, looking at repurposing <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ThinClients" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinClients</span></a> really makes for good <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MiniServers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiniServers</span></a> that nibble power and are quite versatile...</p><p>In fact I got like 3 hp ThinClients for less than € 75 and they work great - they run <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ubuntu.social/@ubuntu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ubuntu</span></a></span> LTS <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UbuntuServer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UbuntuServer</span></a> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/tails_live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tails_live</span></a></span> just fine...</p><p>And I'd rather turn one into a OS/1337 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TUI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TUI</span></a>-based <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Desktop</span></a> longterm...</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_client" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_cli</span><span class="invisible">ent</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text-based_user_interface" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text-bas</span><span class="invisible">ed_user_interface</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OS1337" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OS1337</span></a></p>