[Cialug] Chromebook as Thin Client

[Jim Cole]

I actually have a 20 core/40 Thread E5 v4 ES CPU in my server..ebay
special. It runs like a top. It's temps are like 1 degree higher than my
legit 4 core E5 v3 that it replaced.


On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 9:27 AM, Dave Hala <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:

> 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.
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> 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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