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Why not try thinstation or wyse client on an old laptop?
I rolled wyse client out onto about 4,000 PCs for Citrix access and it worked out well. Low spec machines handled it very well. The big caveat is that this was in 2015 and I have no idea if those products still exist or if they are still free.
I have no doubt that there are a few free citrix client OS images available if wyse or thinstation aren't an option any more.
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Most of my day is spent with a full screen terminal window, a chat client, email and a web browser.
These are via Citrix?
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I have a really weird use case. I essentially want a laptop thin client I can use to access a remote Linux machine running Citrix.
This probably rules out actual thin clients because our Citrix admins will just make breaking changes all the time or I'll need access to credentials I don't have etc.
So really I'm thinking something like a Chromebook which can have at least 2 external monitors but which is lightweight and portable with a decent battery (monitors would stay at home).
Most of my day is spent with a full screen terminal window, a chat client, email and a web browser.
Zoom I can use over Citrix well enough even though the tech sucks.
At the moment I use a company Windows laptop which is fine but it's got so much corporate spyware it'll drain the battery in an hour because the CPU is running hot all the time even when idle and the SSD runs at modem speeds.
I might try something with my Pi400 I guess, but without an embedded screen and built in battery you end up with 3 things to carry around, plus a mouse