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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Sun last week said the server software that supports its Sun Ray thin-client devices can now run on x86-based Linux systems in addition to Sparc/Solaris machines. Sun last week said the server ...

In the 1970s and 1980s, the ubiquitous model of corporate and academic computing was that of many users logging in remotely to a single server to use a sliver of its precious processing time. With the ...

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 ...

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 ...

As industry talk swirls around Linux desktops vs. Windows desktops, Neoware Systems, a leading provider of thin clients, this week unveiled a $199 appliance that runs both. As industry talk swirls ...

SAN FRANCISCO--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 favor of stripped-down "thin clients." In the 1990s, ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. last week said the server software that supports its Sun Ray thin-client devices can now run on x86-based Linux systems in addition to Sparc/Solaris machines. Sun Ray Server ...

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, ...