Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news.in-chemnitz.de!news.swapon.de!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: RonB Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Dell Wyse 5060 Thin Client with Linux Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:32:39 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 52 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:32:39 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4be8b0d41446f8c228d74df3852df7e3"; logging-data="3160311"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+fDWs1E3JypNHf73gT+rf/" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:qZczw99AcMKqO8sRJ6gz5iQE00U= Bytes: 3938 On 2024-03-22, RonB wrote: > Maybe it will work. I've ordered a $30 Wyse thin client (5060) of eBay just > to see if it actually will run Linux. It comes with 8 GBs of RAM and a 64 GB > SSD and, supposedly, it will even run Windows 10. (Not that I'll be putting > Windows 10 on it.) > > I spent a little time last night trying to figure out if there was a good > light Linux to use on it — some have used Lubuntu, so I tried it on a live > USB. It looked good, seemed "snappy" but when I was testing some of the > changes I make in Firefox I found I had to go into a configuration file just > to get rid of the Title Bar — since, for some reason, they disable it in > Firefox's customization. And then, when I tried to make the changes I like > using a userChrome.css file, I found that, since Lubuntu uses a snap for > Firefox, the profile wasn't easily accessible (at least not to me). There > were a couple other small issues and that was the end for Lubuntu. > > Then I tried Linux Lite. I'm guessing Linux Lite and distributions like it > might be the reason people say Linux "doesn't work." I had menus freeze up > or I would get half the menu (the half I didn't need) — so I didn't spend a > lot of time with it. > > Since Linux Lite used Xfce anyhow, I then downloaded Linux Mint Xfce and, as > usual, I found Linux Mint's standard high quality. I was able to do all my > customizations (lost as soon as I shut down the machine), installed the > applications I plan to use on the Wyse terminal and was happy with the > results. Now to see how it works on a low spec thin client. (Even lower > specs than my normal machines.) > > The Wyse 5060 uses an AMD GX-424CC 2.4GHz Quad-Core CPU and a separate GPU > (Radeon R5E Graphics). It has two SODIMM SIM slots (low voltage), a SATA > slot (limited access to it, however, so you would have to either break the > SSD to get the guts out of its 2.5" shell (a "DOM?"), or use and extender > cable with it), six USB slots, a headphone (speaker/mic) jack, two Display > Ports, a GB Ethernet port and six USB slots (two are 3.0). It's the same > size as my Optiplex 9030m and about the same age, (so it looks similar > inside). It has a big heat sync (no fan, so it will be silent). It also has > an M.2 slot where I could put in a WiFi/Blue Tooth card (if I wanted to). > > Sorry to ramble. Looking forward to experimenting with it. If it doesn't > work out as a computer, I'll just install No Machine on it and use as a > "thin (VDI?) client." It should work well for that. I meant to post the link... https://www.ebay.com/itm/404844862714 This one comes with the power supply. -- [Self-centered, Woke] "pride is a life of self-destructive fakery, an entrapment to a false and self-created matrix of twisted unreality." "It was pride that changed angels into devils..." — St. Augustine