goodGame Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Allright, I got this idea. My laptop died, hence I was looking around for replacements. But it then hit me I could set up a VM in unraid and use a thin client, why not? Now... the whole thing about this would be to save some hard earned cash, so does anyone know of a suitable laptop to use for this? The only thing it would need is a good screen and a decent ac-nic I suppose? Is there some sort of RDP client OS? I know there is, companys use them. Are they availible for non business uses? Some open source ones maybe? Quote Link to comment
goodGame Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 Meeeeh, I'm giving up on this. There are no suitable laptops for the purpose. Quote Link to comment
pwm Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 4 hours ago, Andreen said: Meeeeh, I'm giving up on this. There are no suitable laptops for the purpose. There are lots of suitable laptops. It's that to be suitable it will be a full laptop. Which means the laptop itself can handle most everyday tasks locally - it's only when you need to run software that consumes lots of RAM, lots of CPU power or lots of GPU power that it is meaningful for you to off-load the heavy machinery work to a back-end server. Commercial thin-client terminals normally costs more than hobbyist-level laptops, with the main purpose not to be cheap to buy but to remove the need for local administration and the need for regular, local, hardware updates. So in the end, it's best for you to go the "normal" route where you run most software locally on the laptop. Quote Link to comment
CHBMB Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 A second hand thinkpad, a lightweight version of Linux and an array of remote access tools, although if you wanted to use a Windows VM, you may be better off with a Windows install and using their RDP client.Neither of which are really a thin client, but maybe a cost effective way of leveraging better performance from an old laptop.Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment
uldise Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 14 minutes ago, CHBMB said: you may be better off with a Windows install and using their RDP client. i'm on Ubuntu Desktop in everyday usage and use Remmina(http://www.remmina.org/wp/) daily to RDP to Windows at work - works like a charm.. Quote Link to comment
CHBMB Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Interesting, I'm familiar with Remina but I've never got the same performance from it as I have with Windows RDP client. Especially in terms of watching video.Having said that, been on full time Linux and Windows free for nearly two years now I think, so I don't really keep up to date nor need it myself.Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 One solution that I have seen is a Raspberry Pi running Remina as the RDP client. You can easily attach the Raspberry Pi to the back of the screen you intend to use. I have used that myself when I had a problem with my desktop Windows system. Quote Link to comment
CHBMB Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 46 minutes ago, itimpi said: One solution that I have seen is a Raspberry Pi running Remina as the RDP client. You can easily attach the Raspberry Pi to the back of the screen you intend to use. I have used that myself when I had a problem with my desktop Windows system. How do you find the performance of Remina compared with the Windows native RDP client? Starting to think I am missing something as everything I had read and tried seemed to suggest the relatively poorer performance was to be expected. Quote Link to comment
uldise Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 1 hour ago, CHBMB said: How do you find the performance of Remina compared with the Windows native RDP client? Starting to think I am missing something as everything I had read and tried seemed to suggest the relatively poorer performance was to be expected. it performs very well for me. but i'm not watching videos inside RDP, just switch back to host if needed. it all depends on latency between sites - for me it's about 5-7ms, and it's very acceptable for me. and according Remmina - there was a very huge development progress across last years, they changed RDP component to freerdp, added RD gateway support.. Quote Link to comment
CHBMB Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 it performs very well for me. but i'm not watching videos inside RDP, just switch back to host if needed. it all depends on latency between sites - for me it's about 5-7ms, and it's very acceptable for me. and according Remmina - there was a very huge development progress across last years, they changed RDP component to freerdp, added RD gateway support.. Interesting, may play around again with it just for giggles.Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment
goodGame Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 7 hours ago, pwm said: There are lots of suitable laptops. It's that to be suitable it will be a full laptop. Which means the laptop itself can handle most everyday tasks locally - it's only when you need to run software that consumes lots of RAM, lots of CPU power or lots of GPU power that it is meaningful for you to off-load the heavy machinery work to a back-end server. Commercial thin-client terminals normally costs more than hobbyist-level laptops, with the main purpose not to be cheap to buy but to remove the need for local administration and the need for regular, local, hardware updates. So in the end, it's best for you to go the "normal" route where you run most software locally on the laptop. Yes, that's pretty much what I found, I meant suitable as in suitable for me, as in cheap. Watching video would be one requirement, hence I thought about RDP. Gonna check out Remmina too, sounds sweet. The thing about getting a used laptop is I'd like something slim and lightweight, hard to find I guess. New would be preferable.. Gonna search some more, great inputs all Quote Link to comment
CHBMB Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 My current laptop is a used T440 that I paid about £160 for. I love it and it's pretty slim. Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 2 hours ago, Andreen said: Watching video would be one requirement, hence I thought about RDP. Gonna check out Remmina too, sounds sweet. My experience is that the moment you start wanting to watch video then none of the RDP clients are very good. Quote Link to comment
CHBMB Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 3 minutes ago, itimpi said: My experience is that the moment you start wanting to watch video then none of the RDP clients are very good. I was pretty impressed with the native Windows 10 RDP client. Before I got my own laptop I used to quite frequently use my wife's laptop to RDP to my desktop and watch Youtube 1080p stuff from my bookmarks. Quote Link to comment
mrow Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 (edited) What about a Chromebook? There are quite a few RDP clients for ChromeOS. Edited January 26, 2018 by mrow Quote Link to comment
goodGame Posted January 27, 2018 Author Share Posted January 27, 2018 On 1/26/2018 at 1:08 AM, mrow said: What about a Chromebook? There are quite a few RDP clients for ChromeOS. I know absolutely nothing about ChromeOS but checked out a few and seems really good for my purpose! You sure there are rdp client software you can install in chromeOS? Quote Link to comment
BobPhoenix Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 (edited) Here are a few links that might be helpful for you (link is Google search): Chrome RDP Hope that helps. Edited January 27, 2018 by BobPhoenix Quote Link to comment
tential Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 I usually use techtablets.com and buy an option from there. Super cheap, but very good specs for the price. techtablets are the reviews I use to find the products of course. Quote Link to comment
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