The sun is shining on Linux in the Florida peninsula of Pinellas County. At a time when Microsoft Windows dominates the corporate desktop, the City of Largo has chosen Linux. The city runs ...

Technology moves at a lightning-fast pace. A brand new desktop computer has an average lifespan of two to five years, after which both its hardware and its software have become obsolete. For ...

Car hire firm Europcar International has migrated thousands of PCs across Europe from Windows fat clients to Linux thin clients, lowering both its hardware and maintenance costs. The car hire firm has ...

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Thin-client vendor Wyse Technology Inc. is gearing up for an extensive push into the Linux space, starting with the release Monday of Version 3.2 of its Linux operating system. While the San Jose, ...

A good LTSP integration package should reduce Linux thin-client complexity and provide easy deployment, and eWEEK Labs tests show SafeDesk Server 1.8 manages to do so. Click here to read the full ...

Linux is becoming an increasingly popular choice for thin clients, and the open-source operating system could soon become the dominant terminal platform, according to Wyse Technology. Wyse, a leading ...

Thin is in again, at least for a spell, as hardware makers use Linux to sell companies on the idea of forsaking full-fledged PCs in favour of stripped-down "thin clients." In the 1990s, Microsoft foes ...

Wyse Technology has released a new version of Linux for its thin client terminals, and a new terminal to run it. Wyse Linux version 6 and the Winterm 5150SE are intended for what executives at the San ...

Previously I ran Linux on my secondary PC and used it as a place to host VMs. I have since moved to running ESXi on it, and am continuing to host VMs there. So the monitor is now doing nothing since ...

As industry talk swirls around Linux desktops versus Windows desktops, Neoware, a leading provider of thin clients, unveiled this week a $199 appliance that runs both. The Capio One uses Citrix ICA, ...

I've got a client that has some older machines (P2's, 64-128M of RAM). they currently run NT4 and are a pain in the ass to deal with. The machines are basically just used as Microsoft terminal service ...