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I need to run Windows on a 10 y/old PC. (alien.top)

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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:

Install a Windows-like Linux distro so my parents aren't lost. I showed them Ubuntu, but it wasn't conclusive.
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!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Get a half decent mini pc for like $200. It’s a small box and “looks nice” and will connect to any printer you want. It will be virtually silent and use almost no power.

If they ask what happened just say it always looked like that.