Haha.... HN traffic killed the server but anyways the new offering from Raspberry in indeed a great microcontroller from projects.
Ordered it.
Raspberry Pi as x2go “thin” client
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#12Would this also work with remote Windows RDP sessions?
For those looking to make Rpi into RDP clients, there is TLXOS-RPi[1].
The license is cheap and it works in multi-monitor mode as well[2].
[1]:https://tls.thinlinx.com/store/index.php/thinclient/tlxos-rp... [2]:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsob_pQXnCM
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#13I worked at a place that swapped out our HP pa-risc workstations for sun ray thin client machines. I actually didn’t mind as the network was pretty fast. The raspberry pi is a competent little computer and probably way more capable than those “sun” ray thin clients https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Ray
We had Sun rays at uni. I kinda liked them.
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#14Is it really worth posting? I mean it's like "PC as a photo editing machine" and then describe how you install the Photoshop. Come on HN you can do better!
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#15I use x2go all the time, I have one single big workstation, and the laptops and the "thin" machine in my lab are tethered to it all the time, even when outside, via wireguard. I'm not surprised a raspi can do that, as I've used an antique thinkpad x201 for doing it for many many years now!
I'm using freerdp client to connect to an xrdp server. I'm positively surprised of the good user experience it provides on a LAN. Anyone having hands-on experience comparing x2go and xrdp?
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#16We use such a setup for the students‘ computer lab at our research institute. Great way to get a lot of cheap work stations and introduce students to Linux and server computing.
Although one should also mention that the Pis are a little too slow for „serious“ work, and x2go can be buggy.
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#17Would this also work with remote Windows RDP sessions?
yes. any darn thing that can run a rdp client can work. i have been using a 512mb thin client on a big fat windows 10 machine for more than 4 years now
you can most definitely use any Rpi
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#18meh. if you are on windows you should check rdpwrap. i personally dont give a rats ass about "licensing". using kms38 on ltsc. then use krdc or remmina or whatever and that works beautifully.
it just has to be updated whenever windows gets a new update, lets say every 6 months or so, im not sure
other than that, i have never used linux as a "server" but i guess the performance would be equally good.
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#19How’s the experience of working on it? I’ve been struggling to get a decent remote setup even in my home lab due to network latency. Could be because I’m trying to drive 4K. Even Win10 RDP over a 1300mbps network struggles. I wonder if I need to bite the bullet and install a real graphics card in the R720.
Would love to hear more experiences of others who remote this way where you are “offloading” your compute power elsewhere.
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#20How’s the experience of working on it? I’ve been struggling to get a decent remote setup even in my home lab due to network latency. Could be because I’m trying to drive 4K. Even Win10 RDP over a 1300mbps network struggles. I wonder if I need to bite the bullet and install a real graphics card in the R720. Would love to hear more experiences of others who remote this way where you are “offloading” your compute power…
What switch/router is it going through? There's a lot of gigabit hardware that can't push gigabit speeds.