[Tech] repurposing HP t7510

[Sameer Verma]

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:35 PM, Elizabeth Krumbach <lyz at partimus.org> wrote:
> These are pretty old thin clients, 800mhz and 256M of RAM, but
> according to the Edubuntu LTSP documentation this more than satisfies
> the recommended specs for a thin client:
>
>  * 400Mhz with 128MB ram and PXE boot capabilities.
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToCookEdubuntu/Chapters/HardwareRequirements

If anyone has a unit around, maybe try to boot with it and see how it works?

Sameer
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> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 8:24 AM, Grant Bowman <grantbow at partimus.org> wrote:
>> An unknown number of these recycled machines are in the Humbolt area.
>> http://humlug.org/ Would it be worth it to try to arrange transportation?
>>
>> Grant
>>
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>> To: HumLUG List <linux at redwood.humboldt.edu>
>> Subject: [linux] repurposing HP t7510 thin clients
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We're getting ready to dispose of a lot of HP t5710 thin clients at work.
>> The reason is that we have a new mandatory web app that requires IE8 or
>> later, and nobody has been able to shoehorn it onto these devices with 256MB
>> of flash and 256MB of RAM.
>>
>> If we dispose of them and another agency in our group requests them, that's
>> where they'll go. Otherwise (and I'll have to check with our property
>> specialist about this) we can sometimes donate obsolete computer equipment
>> to charities after the disks have been zeroed out.
>>
>> If anyone has any suggestions about what to do with them, I would sure
>> appreciate it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Eric
>>
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