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 ...

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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 ...

eWeek content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More Hewlett-Packard announced on July 23 that it would be ...

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 ...

Thin clients have a long and somewhat tortured history. Every once in a while, they make sense. Then some new demand comes from the shop floor, for usability or software that runs only on the clients, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

We have some old Dell laptops that I would like install a simple (or easy to lock down) Linux distro on to replace the WinXP or Win7 they currently use. I would ideally like something similar to what ...