[Ltsp-discuss] Good (cheap) fat client to be purchased in US

[Simon Baev]

Hello All,

I am planing to rebuild our existing *thin-client* LTSP setup based off of
the Lubuntu 14.04 and replace all thin terminals by *fat clients*. Couple
weeks ago I read here that there exist cheap desktops (around $150) that
are good candidates for fat clients in an LTSP-PNP environment. I have a
budget of approx $3.5k for 20+ fat terminals

Are there any "must seen" models/vendors/... that happened to work well as
fat clients?

Also, I am currently running LTSP server as a VM in ESXi and it works well
(no performance issues). Would it make sense to move it to a real hardware
(HP ML350 Gen5 with 32GB of RAM)?

Thank you.

--
Simon

[Michael Pope]

We have been using Intel NUCs and Shuttle DS437's for out fat and thin
clients at multiple sites for years now. I find the reliability of the
shuttles is fantastic and there are no moving parts and we can run two
HD screens on each desktop. You can also get a VESA bracket to match the
shuttles.

Regards,

Michael Pope

Post by Simon Baev
Hello All,
I am planing to rebuild our existing *thin-client* LTSP setup based
off of the Lubuntu 14.04 and replace all thin terminals by *fat
clients*. Couple weeks ago I read here that there exist cheap desktops
(around $150) that are good candidates for fat clients in an LTSP-PNP
environment. I have a budget of approx $3.5k for 20+ fat terminals
Are there any "must seen" models/vendors/... that happened to work
well as fat clients?
Also, I am currently running LTSP server as a VM in ESXi and it works
well (no performance issues). Would it make sense to move it to a real
hardware (HP ML350 Gen5 with 32GB of RAM)?
Thank you.
--
Simon
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[Rolf-Werner Eilert]

Post by Simon Baev
Hello All,
I am planing to rebuild our existing *thin-client* LTSP setup based off
of the Lubuntu 14.04 and replace all thin terminals by *fat clients*.
Couple weeks ago I read here that there exist cheap desktops (around
$150) that are good candidates for fat clients in an LTSP-PNP
environment. I have a budget of approx $3.5k for 20+ fat terminals
Are there any "must seen" models/vendors/... that happened to work well
as fat clients?
Also, I am currently running LTSP server as a VM in ESXi and it works
well (no performance issues). Would it make sense to move it to a real
hardware (HP ML350 Gen5 with 32GB of RAM)?
Thank you.
--
Simon

I'm currently testing an Intel NUC with 2 GB, and it performs very well
as a fat client. Even a Plasma session with KDE is no problem. Once
started (which takes much longer than e. g. LXDE), it runs smoothly.

Regards
Rolf

[Simon Baev]

Thank you, all for sharing your vision.

Am I right to assume that any mini-desktop computer capable of running
Windows 10 (for example those from
http://www.banggood.com/Wholesale-Mini-PC-c-3686.html) with at least 2GB of
RAM and 64 bit Intel architecture can be used as a *fat client in ltsp-pnp*
setup?

From one of the answers to my original post (from Michael Pope) I noticed

that Shuttle DS437 was proposed as a *thin client*... What would be a
reason for not using it as a fat client?

--
Simon