Because you’re dealing with lifelong windows users who want a reassuringly familiar looking OS not removeding linux techs

Jesus christ learn to tailor to the user

I think you’ll find these machines are exceedingly usable when you put a non-bloated OS on them

Polaris.

Yes i am old

Yup. Mozilla’s brilliant this way, it’s how i’ve migrated my seamonkey mail for decades

Redhat already did it

ah, so it’s like xenapp?

Please read other comments on this thread. A single internet access point is the only way we can move forward and gain a trusted partner network rating.

This is actually the easiest way. Anything holding content cannot touch the internet under DCI. . A single multisession termserv with locked down user perms means there’s one point of control.

xRDP is no issue, I’ve set that up before and already have it running on a mockup mint MATE I’ve spun up. They’re gonna need more than just browsing, so looking for a full (locked down) desktop environment per user.

terminal server as in individual user logins to a desktop environment for internet access. So locked down, RDP access (using XRDP at the moment on a test proxmox image)

terminal server to provide internet access for multiple users.

More in depth:

Workplace infrastructure is being dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century. Part of this is to separate production from internet entirely (we work in cinema distribution) , so existing prod workstation VLAN is being blocked off, but staff still need some internet access for downloading content from studios, email, Aspera access, other bits and bobs. So the terminal server will provide this access. The users are all completely unfamiliar with linux, so the Mint GUI has been suggested as a good substitute.

Given most production machines are MS, and again for user comfort, looking to set up xRDP access for multiple users to this mint instance. From what Ive been reading up MATE is the best distro to use for what I’m planning. Not going to be hellishly high load, probably mostly email and browsing as I’m already looking to DMZ dedicated content reception servers (this place is a mess I’ve got my work cut out for me…)

Company owner is 10000% on board because cheap so the only complications will be getting some win-specific software (download clients mostly) to run on the emu

Mint.

You’re working to his requirements, not yours.

Yeah nah mate. I very concertedly ripped every inch of removedware i could find out of windows, started with tweaker and debloater and scaling up from there. GPO restrictions, the whole kaboodle

Termserving into a workbox the other day I absently mutter to myself ‘Oh you’re running slow, is that why you’re reporting offline baby?’ and removeding w10 popped up a ‘slow machine? Try this!’ notification. I just about set the removeding thing on fire.

This removed is insidious.