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So, a buddy of mine dropped off a box of 18 Wyse 3040 & 5010 thin clients. I believe they all run W10 embedded, but doing some research, I think I can also run a lightweight Linux OS like maybe Tiny Core. The 5010 can run SuSE Linux Desktop 11, ThinOS, or ThinOS PCOIP acording to Dell.

So, the burning question I have today is 'If you were gifted a box of 18 Wyse 3040 & 5010 thin clients, what would you do with them'? I want something I can incorporate into my already established homelab.

Inundate me with ideas!

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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'd sell them. They don't really have enough resources to run anything on their own, and I don't have enough people in my household to justify setting up a bunch of terminals.

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Hmmmm...I might give away a couple, but these can be had on ebay for less than $50. Might not be worth all the hassle to sell them. I usually don't sell the equipment my buddy gives me. IDK, that seems like a foul.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I mean, he probably gave them to you for free for the same reason.

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Well, he and I struck up a friendship long ago. He works for a fairly large firm in the IT dept. He has a mind blowing lab at his house, but he knows I like toys, so when he gets his hands on something I might like or use, he makes a delivery. I don't want to look a gift horse in the mouth as it were. @cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de came up with a good idea about the AllStar node.