Question : Can a thin client run without a network connection?
Thin clients have light processors and minimal power needs. These are two specs I need for a robotics project I have in mind. I want to run linux on it and program it with python.
Well, I’ll put it another way. Can I utilize a thin client terminal computer as an minimal Linux SBC thick client?
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Best answer:

Answer by LAMPP
Well… my definition of thin client is when a client does not need any secondary programs just to run a program. Say in Java you need a JRE or Java Runtime Environment just to run an applet in a browser, then that is a thick client, whereas if it is a PHP script, it would run even though there is no runtime program running in your machine, then that is a thin client. Therefore, a thin client would not run if network connection is not available.