apalrds adventures | Dell Wyse 5060 Thin Client TEARDOWN & SOFTWARE INSTALL | Not Much Inside, but still great for Linux @apalrdsadventures | Uploaded March 2022 | Updated October 2024, 15 hours ago.
Casually tearing down the Dell Wyse 5060 Thin Client that I bought for my home studio. Hopefully someone finds this useful, since these machines show up for sale on eBay all the time. It's a powerful box for the price, easily outperforming Raspberry Pi's in the same price class and including a power brick and storage too!

Blog Link w/ lscpu, lspci, vainfo results for the curious:
apalrd.net/posts/2022/wyse_basic

tl;dr the CPU supports AMD-V and AES-NI, the GPU supports H264 transcode, and it has a Realtek NIC

This Thin Client would make a great home server or Home Assistant host. Keep your eye out for deals, but make sure you know what you're buying (CPU, RAM, Storage, power supply included?)

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discord.gg/xJsaEukAr4

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:24 - Unlocking the BIOS
02:16 - Teardown

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#Linux
#Teardown
#Homelab