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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You could experiment with protocols that run on several host, wether it is kubernetes, GlusterFS or Hadoop Spark.
If you are more adventurous you can experiment by making your own little telecom datacenter: with BGP, IP anycast, VPN and MPLS or even radius or mock 5G networks if you convert some of them as virtual routers.
On a more artistic side I had a buddy that used many thin clients to manage video projectors to make “holographic” projections for art and music shows (the goal is to synchronise and manage all elements to have a cool effect)
Have fun!
On a more artistic side I had a buddy that used many thin clients to manage video projectors to make “holographic” projections for art and music shows (the goal is to synchronise and manage all elements to have a cool effect)
That’s hella creative. Hmmmm…sooo many ideas I didn’t even think about. Thanks
Turn them into an LLM cluster.
