A thin client is not a mini sized PC.<\/p>\n
A thin client comes with a (very) limited OS, \u00a0like WinCE or a dedicated Linux distro, which main feature is to load a virtual system from a network server.
\nLet’s see it like a window to another OS installed on a dedicated hardware somewhere on your network.<\/p>\n
If this virtual system and this main network server don’t exist, a thin client is NOTHING, just a friend of dust.<\/p>\n
So will I show you how to setup a virtual system on a dedicated server, just for genny development ?
\nOf course no !<\/p>\n
A thin client is not a full featured PC, I won’t be able to watch youtube nor play games, not even with Fusion I thing
\nBUT it comes with the minimal features I need :<\/p>\n
Side note : the only thing missing on thin client is GPIO, else it will be easier to learn electronic with a thin client than with an Arduino or a Teensy<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n How did I select my thin client, heart of my DevKit ?<\/p>\n I just looked for thin clients on eBay or similar, looking for a very cheap one (the expensive ones are overkill for what I need to do). So, if he posted a test on the thin client I found, I checked the available options and how hard it was for him to make a linux to work on it. I was not looking for the “best” but for one which suit my need at a very low price.
\nEverytimes I found one, I opened the website of \u00a0David Parkinson<\/a>, a guy who, like me, share as much information as possible on the subject he likes the most : thin clients.<\/p>\n
\nNot listed on his website ? not for me !
\nHe needed to make some bios or hardware update ? hidden cost and lost time for sure \u00a0so not for me !
\nUSB boot, lot of ports, easy to update ? let place a bid !<\/p>\n
\nIn the end, I bought 3 thin clients (total price < 40\u20ac), in case of failure, wrong selection or hardware problems.<\/p>\n