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Acceptance of Thin Clients
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| For the most part, I have replaced old thick
| PCs with new servers and thin clients. There
| is no clinging to the old ways from that
| perspective. It is just unreasonable to
| assume any non-profit organization has the
| ability to replace old PCs with the state-
| of-the-art new PC periodically to stay up to
| speed while they can upgrade a few servers
| for much lower cost. My cost of server per
| user is about $25 these days, not the
| $100-$500 cost of some PCs. For that I get
| the advantage of huge RAID, RAM, multiple
| cores and gigabit/s networking. I will give
| up sluggish USB to get those more frequently
| needed resources. If there are some users
| for whom faster USB is important they can
| use thick clients. It should be a minority
| in most schools.
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http://pogson.6k.ca/2010/02/20/acceptance-of-thin-clients/
Userful upgrades multi-seat Linux desktop virtualization solution
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| Calgary AB-based Userful Corporation has
| announced the release of Userful Multiplier
| V.3.7, the latest version of their multi-
| seat Linux software which turns a single PC
| into 10 virtual machines.
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http://www.echannelline.com/usa/story.cfm?item=25455
Donât You Just Hate Some Analysts?
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| A server for AD/file/print with 2 gB RAM can
| handle 20 users with GNU/Linux, so the
| âextraâ cost of using GNU/Linux terminal
| services is -$1800 . Seems like a good deal
| to me. Sizing the server reasonably scales
| out a long way. I budget about $25 per user
| on the server as I save more than $100 on
| the client hardware because of smaller case,
| CPU, memory, power-supply and case. I can
| run gigabit/s on CAT-5 if needed so the cost
| of network upgrading is minimal on any
| system wired in the last ten years. Take
| that, Sloan.
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http://pogson.6k.ca/2010/02/20/dont-you-just-hate-some-analysts/
NEC
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| NEC, sadly, tries to discourage potential
| customers from using GNU/Linux instead of
| welcoming them to twice the benefit from
| using GNU/Linux and thin clients instead of
| that other OS.
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http://pogson.6k.ca/2010/02/20/nec/
Recent:
Portable thin client's based on Dell notebook
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| Devon IT announced a thin-client notebook
| computer based on Dell's Latitude E5400. The
| SafeBook E5400X includes a 2.2GHz Intel Celeron
| CPU, a 14.1-inch display, 1GB of RAM, and will
| "soon" be offered with its Linux-based DeTOS
| operating system, says the company.
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http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Devon-IT-SafeBook-E5400X/?kc=rss
IGEL's Linux Universal Desktop Now Supports Touch Screen Monitors
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| IGEL Technology, the world's third largest
| thin client vendor (2009 by revenue, IDC),
| today introduced its new Linux Universal
| Desktop firmware adding support for new
| hardware, additional user customization
| options, and enhanced multimedia and
| virtualization functionality to its wide range
| of Linux-based thin clients.
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http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/igels-linux-universal-desktop-now-supports-touch-screen-monitors,1071112.shtml
IGELâs new Linux Universal Desktop firmware helps customers save time, money
and energy
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| IGEL Technology today launched its new Linux Universal Desktop firmware
| adding important new power management, multimedia and virtualization
| functionality to its Linux-based thin client range.
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http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=48692
IGEL Technology Announces VMware Ready Certified Status for its Linux-based
Thin Clients and VMware Virtual Desktop Manager
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| IGEL Technology, one of the world's leading thin client vendors, and VMware
| Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program member, today announced
| certification for VMware Virtual Desktop Manager 2.1, on IGEL's Linux-based
| Smart, Compact, Winestra and Premium Universal Desktop appliances. VMware
| provides TAP program members with tools to develop products that are
| complementary to VMware virtualization software and help deliver high-value
| solutions to our joint customers.
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http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1767224.htm
First Linux on Everest
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| Linux thin client specialist Igel has created a Linux operating system image
| for a rugged panel PC designed for vehicle-mounted and industrial
| applications. The Igel-5310 LX Premium Image works with Glacier's Everest PC
| (pictured), available with a 600 MHz Celeron or 1.4GHz Pentium M processor.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5945830115.html?kc=rss
IGEL Technology Announces Availability of its Latest Linux Firmware
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| IGEL Technology has announced the availability of its latest Linux firmware
| on the broadest and most powerful range of thin clients on the market,
| providing customers with an increased choice of hypervisors for virtual PCs.
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http://www.itnewsonline.com/showstory.php?storyid=12730&scatid=4&contid=4
Related:
Linux thin clients gain managability
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| Igel has released an update to its remote management software for
| coordinating its Linux-compatible thin clients. Igel's Remote Management
| Suite (RMS) 2.07 is said to offer easier installation via a new Java
| database, as well as enhanced Microsoft Active Directory support.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3027071590.html
Linux thin clients support virtualization
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| Igel is readying Linux-based thin clients capable of hosting VMware virtual
| machines. The company will ship Linux-based thin client firmware next week
| that adds support for VMware's Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), and
| optionally includes Leostream's VDI Connection Broker.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8459604605.html
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