Howdy!

My parents have a 10+ years old HP that is almost unusable, but they want to keep the computer since they use it to print documents and it “looks nice.” I’m trying to find a viable solution to make the PC run smoother. Here are the options I’m considering, and I want your opinion on those:

  1. Install a Windows-like Linux distro so my parents aren’t lost. I showed them Ubuntu, but it wasn’t conclusive.
  2. Running a thin client that connects via RDP to a Windows 10 or 11 VM on my Proxmox server. Would USB passthrough work? We have a stable network, so latency isn’t a big issue.

Since I’m only home during weekends, I don’t want something that could break easily. Technology and them is not a match.

If you have any other ideas, I would really appreciate it.

Happy homelabbing!

  • lacionredditor@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    10 year old PC is fine especially if its not one of those atom processors and the processor was current at that time. just upgrade the memory, replace the HDD with an SSD and do a fresh win10 install. it will do fine until win10 EOL. i am currently using such 10 year old PC myself as a daily driver.