Hi Roman, I' m using RPI 2 with 1 GB Ram as ThinClient in my DebianEdu Network and the RPI works pretty fine. All you need is a special Raspbian an the sd card, which managed the pxe boot, and everything works fine.
http://rpitc.blogspot.com/ Greetings, Roland On 08.02.20 13:24, Roman Meier wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm looking for hardware alternatives to be used as clients. Currently we > are using Toughbooks (CP28 and 29) as thin clients. > > I am considering the Raspberry Pi but information is very limited. > However, I came across the following documentation, which sounds > promising: > > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/RaspberryPiWorkstation > > How good or bad are experiences with Debian Edu running on Raspberry Pis? > Is this a viable option? > > The documentation from above installs a full workstation requiring an Sd > card. Is the Rpi strong enough to handle this well, e.g. using big > softwares like libreOffice? > > Is it possible to use the Rpi as thin client instead? > > Kind regards, > Roman >
