[Cialug] Chromebook as Thin Client

[Dave Hala]

The article on the lower cost option for the Xeon cpu is interesting.
Maybe on the server side it could be worthwhile to look at some of the
multi core AMD processors.  Intel always kills them in the  head to
head comparisons, but  I find that for  medium duty use  they are more
than adequate.







On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 9:17 AM, Barry Von Ahsen <vonahsen at gmail.com> wrote:
> is the linode to host the content?  then stream to the laptop or to the TV?  if everyone is going to stream to a local laptop, I'd just use my phone which I already have and is already charged
>
> for TV content, I've had great success with a file server in the basement running plex + chromecast.  I do have a PC for random dodgy soccer streams and an apple TV, but chromecast gets the most use.  I use android, so chromecast works best, but apple TV/air play may be better if you're an iPhone user
>
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> -barry
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>> On Aug 8, 2016, at 10:49 PM, jim kraai <jimgkraai at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Was reading this
>> http://www.techspot.com/review/1218-affordable-40-thread-xeon-monster-pc/
>> "affordable," heh, and reminding myself why I hate turning the living room
>> into a server room.  (Retreating from the family to hide in another room
>> for the evening is a worse thought for me, and using linoden for this is a
>> separate discussion.)
>>
>> I've been enjoying using my laptop from my comfy recliner for a few years.
>> My laptop is about ready to give up the ghost, so it's the right time to
>> start planning.
>>
>> Why can't I have both?  Who here has been doing this already for years?
>>
>> Any reasons why the whole family couldn't simultaneously do this?  Would we
>> even need to be in the house, as in, couldn't I access such a thing from
>> anywhere on the interwebs with a few M/s throughput?  Other than a dusty
>> PS4, there's no gaming to speak of at the Kraai house.  Boring place.
>>
>> Yes, I would install Linux, kind of, more likely a hypervisor with VMs. Or
>> the fastest FreeDos _ever_!  Next I'll need reliable storage.  I hear
>> backblaze is still selling stuff.   Well I'm off to finance this fantasy
>> with lotto scratchers ...
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