| Company frees commercial software for 1 million thin clients |
Jan. 19, 2006
2X Software Ltd. announced Wednesday that it will give away software for a total of 1 million thin clients in a bid to demonstrate the advantages of its commercial thin-client computing software. The company is offering the first 200,000 visitors to its website a free five-thin-client license for 2X ThinClientServer. Finding the PCs to make up each five-node thin-client network is the user's responsibility.
"Thin client computing is the only solution for effective management of desktops. The free thin client offer allows companies to familiarize themselves with the technology and to prepare for the deployment of thin clients," said Nikolaos Makris, 2X President.
The procedure goes this way:- Download the free five-thin-client version of 2X ThinClientServer (it's a 20 MB download for Linux, 6 MB for Windows)
- Install 2X ThinClientServer on Linux or Windows machine
- Select five PCs (these can be outdated PCs with as little as 32 MB of RAM and 200 Mhz processing power) to convert to thin clients and manage them from a single web-based management interface. (For detailed instructions, the company advises users to review the user manual.)
- You will be able to use and manage up to five thin-client devices perpetually -- no license fees are required.
How it works
According to 2X, ThinClientServer deploys a small footprint Linux-based OS to old PCs, new low-cost PCs and to popular thin client devices (HP, Neoware, Wyse, Maxspeed, and more). Thin clients will always boot the latest version of the OS from the ThinClientServer. The thin-client OS is write-protected for security purposes, the company said.
Hardware and connection settings such as terminal server name, type (RDP, Citrix ICA, or NX) and screen resolution can be managed centrally via a web-based management interface, the company said. "There is no need to push out these connection settings to the thin-client devices, because they are retrieved when the user logs on," the company added.
Pricing becomes a factor if a user wants to expand the network beyond five thin clients. The cost for six to 25 licenses is $595; the cost for 26 to 50 licenses is $1145; and up to 500 is $5595, according to the company website.
The offer is available here.
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