Thin clients return to beat Vista bloat
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| The company said that the latest release of its software, 2X
| ThinClientServer version 4, allowed users to run Vista apps
| without having Vista installed locally. The desktop device -
| a PC or thin-client terminal - could run Linux, and pull a virtual
| Windows desktop over the LAN from a virtual server.
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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=7765
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CLI Announces a $199 Thin Client
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| Yesterday, Computer Lab International (CLI), a leading provider of
| thin client and text terminal products, announced a promotional
| offer that lowers the pricing barrier to entry on CLI thin clients.
|
| [...]
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| Product features include:
| - Cost-effective, easy-to-use, and highly reliable, stable,
| and secure Mandrake Linux operating system
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http://opensourceblog.itproportal.com/?p=245
Thin client drives four displays, runs Linux
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| Igel Technology has released a new thin client device that can
| simultaneously drive four independent digital or analog display screens.
| The fanless PanaVeo thin client is based on an Intel Celeron M processor,
| and is available with Linux, according to the company.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5938810264.html
Mini mountable thin client runs Linux
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| BosaNova has added a low-power, compact, mountable model to its
| line of x86-architecture thin clients. Based on an AMD LX800
| processor, and with optional WiFi, the one-pound design is
| available with Linux as the RBT-802, or as the RBT-820 with Windows CE.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7190647374.html
Computers in schools are an environmental time-bomb
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| The solution, according to Sirius Corporation, is a move away from the
| ECTA frameworks to leaner hardware and 'virtualised' network services.
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| Traditional 'fat-client' workstations should be replaced by low-power
| 'thin-client' terminals. With flat screens and server consolidation
| power consumption could be reduced even further.
|
| [...]
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| Hardware requirements to run Windows Vista means these consumption
| figures will rise even futher. Schools are using computers as room
| heaters which then need to be cooled using expensive air conditioning
| and Modern thin-client networks could reverse this trend and are
| available from the Open Source community and vendors of proprietary
| software today.
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http://opensourceblog.itproportal.com/?p=213
Epatec dwarf PC makes a capable thin client
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| What can you do with a tiny 200MHz computer? We tested such a
| computing dwarf, the Epatec eTC thin client, and found you can save
| big money with this box by using it as a thin client.
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http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/11/10/1656249&from=rss
Wireless thin client runs Linux
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| The Wireless V-Class thin clients, available with an embedded Linux
| OS, simplify installation because the only required connection is
| power, according to the company.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8878116441.html
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