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I'm doing some research into thin clients. I've configured an RDP server on a home PC with Linux. I have an older desktop computer that I want to use as a thin client.

Although I could just install an RDP client on its current OS (Windows XP), I'm looking for a minimalistic OS that presents the user with an RDP login prompt. This should greatly decrease the computer's startup time. Is there such an OS out there?

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  • would you consider something like OpenBSD, it'll take a bit to configure, but I'd say it's extremely light weight. (both size and speed wise)
    – Earlz
    Jan 22, 2011 at 20:29
  • What RDP server software did you use?
    – Kev
    Jan 22, 2011 at 20:31
  • @Kev: xrdp at xrdp.sourceforge.net.
    – Pieter
    Jan 22, 2011 at 21:08
  • @Earlz: so you don't think that there are any out-of-the-box solutions? I just need a login screen for RDP where I can enter the host's IP address, the username and the password.
    – Pieter
    Jan 22, 2011 at 21:09
  • No, I don't believe there is an out of the box solution. I believe it'll require at least some configuration no matter what.
    – Earlz
    Jan 22, 2011 at 21:14

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You may be interested in Thinstation, which I believe should fit your needs admirably.

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  • There seems to be a lot of configuring involved... sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/thinstation/index.php?title=FAQ I'd rather have an ISO that's ready to be written to a CD or USB pendrive, but if this is the only decent option I'll take it.
    – Pieter
    Jan 25, 2011 at 16:52
  • @Peiter, yes there is some configuring to do but you only do that once. You then create an image that can be used on as many machines as you want. Jan 25, 2011 at 20:33
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Yes, one of them can be found on thin client PCs: Windows CE.

I'm sure there's *nix distros out there that can do a more exciting job :-)

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