I'm trying to re-purpose an old T23 ThinkPad as an "X-terminal" for
home, to connect to my mid-tower in my home office. As the T23 is so
slow these days (I swear it used to be usable once upon a time <g>) I'd
like to figure out what remote service would put the least demands on
the T23. It's fully populated to 1GB memory (it's maximum), so memory
is less likely a factor than the processor.
It would be mainly for reading documentation (web pages and PDFs),
email, etc, and perhaps watching training videos through YouTube & such
(yeah, videos may be the downfall of the whole idea).
I had thought of using XDMCP, but it seems to have been removed from
newer display managers like MDM. I liked XDMCP since it would be the
most seamless of any option (since your entire desktop is running remote
anyway), all the others seemed to require a lot of services loaded
locally first, then your remote session would be in a window anyway.
But if there's any suggestions for better options, I'd like to hear them.
And no, there is no budget to get newer hardware in the foreseeable
future; what I have is what I'm going to have to use. (any better/newer
machines I have are broken and/or unrepairable).
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