Enshittification of computers
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PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 15 hours ago
The goal is to desensitize the general population into accepting thin clients instead of actual computers so that they can rent their OS as a cloud subscription.
This gives companies more control over content you consume plus your behaviours. It also gives governments more granular control over their citizens which is in vogue considering democracy is out and barbarism and force are back in.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 11 hours ago
Luffy879@lemmy.ml 14 hours ago
The goal is to desensitize the general population into accepting thin clients
Shame on you, because Im in the thin client Hype for 2 years now
My backup PC and media center both run on 2012 thin Clients running Debian, they are really cheap, dont have any moving parts, draw 15w at most, and are Really space efficient
Bakkoda@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Define thin client please
Luffy879@lemmy.ml 12 hours ago
Fujitsu futro s920
phx@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Yeah PXE boot has been a thing for decades, and with network speeds going from 10/100, gigabit, and now potentially 5-10gbit it’s pretty viable for home environments. It’s great for common libraries, and mine has an emulator plus a bunch of GoG etc games which I’ve been tinkering to make run nicely.
My preference though is still “thick” clients which use the network for boot and OS/storage, but still have their own CPU and RAM.
Other than storage and networking, the server side requirements aren’t huge. My plan is to make a portable environment which people can patch into and play classic games together.
(If anyone has experience with OpenSpy and getting it to work sans-Internet I’d love to pick your brain, as I really want to get BF2142 and other classics running fully without internet)
Kjell@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Asus and dell are already launching clients to save us.