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Gizmo Turns Old PCs Into Linux-Based Thin Clients

Posted by timothy on from the reclaim-the-old-and-make-it-new dept.

An anonymous reader writes "LinuxDevices has published an article about the 'PC Reviver', a small device that replaces hard drives in aging computers with a solid-state flash memory drive that boots an embedded Linux OS. The 'revived' computer can then be used as a thin-client network appliance for Citrix, Windows, Linux, and/or browser-based server-centric computing networks."

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  1. The advantages? by polyp2000 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It seems to me that the "advantages" for this thing are its ease of installation. Literally a "Plug'N'Play" linux with a few nifty tools thrown in to make use as a thin-client a little simpler.

    I dont think its anything that a reasonably experienced linux user couldnt set up on a usb flash "ala - Mandrake-Move" (cept those older Pentium Class PC's will probably not have USB slots. They seem to be claiming the flash drive has fast boot times. Older 4gb drives might not be comparably quick (although I doubt this there are probably other reasons other than RPM and data-seek times) that make their solution nice and quick.

    Now what would be really really nice, is to see something like this using one of those tiny hitachi 4gb numbers....

    Nick ...

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  2. Re:I don't get it by SpaceLifeForm · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Even cheaper, burn a Knoppix CD.

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