Of course, we already have in mind that Citrix supports the use of a Raspberry Pi (30€) to use as a thin client; with HDX Ready and being able to optimize the multimedia layer and download its heavy graphics acceleration to the device. In this document we will see how ThinLinX works, an OS that simply transforms a Raspberry Pi into a manageable thinclient, whether for Citrix XenApp or XenDesktop, VMware View, Microsoft RDS…
These days that we are testing different ThinClients a Raspberry Pi has passed through my hands, that is not a ThinClient, but obviously it can be used as it, I wanted to write this article to bring this device closer to all those who do not know it or have been lucky enough to be able to try it. The PRi (Model B) It's a small computer (700Mhz ARM CPU and 512Mb RAM) with 2 USB outputs, 1 RJ45, 1 HDMI, 1 RCA, GPIO connector, Space for 1 SD CARD and that we will feed with a MicroUSB at 5V. We can get a Raspberry Pi for about 30€. ¿Cheap? No! The following!
TCOS is one of the best Open Source solutions that generates boot images for thinclient computers (based on Linux Debian/Ubuntu). Allows rDesktop connections (Terminal Server), FreeNX & X over SSH. In this document we will first see how to connect to the same Ubuntu where we will generate the images and in which we will have installed applications; later we will customize a client to use RDP,
I've been working with this kind of wonder for a long time, It is an ideal for companies, Incredible savings of all kinds, The use of thin client philosophy in an organization. In this document we will see a free project that allows us to use any computer and convert it into a light computer or thinclient. There are other Linux distributions that are also based on this philosophy, And this seems to me to be the best, since it has a lot of packages that we can add to the posts and people who contribute.
VMware View is the new name of the VDI product (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure), This product gives us another insight into the philosophy of virtualization, One more step, Virtualize user workstations, thus obtaining all possible advantages, from the centralization of our systems, with this we will have absolute control over what we administer. Another important advantage that comes to mind, is not having to renew users' equipment, being able to migrate to a Thin Client infrastructure or light equipment.
This procedure explains how to get a PC with minimal hardware and without all its components to perfectly boot the software necessary for an employee to work with only their applications. Another advantage would be economic savings, since it would not be necessary to expand all the company's PCs, but only the hardware of the servers. It's centralized management and if a team fails, just restart it and in a minute a minimal Linux distribution would be downloaded that connects it via ICA to the Metaframe server to run only the published applications.
With this 2X product (www.2x.com) we can set up a Thinclient structure in our organization, we can use PC's and convert them into thin clients or have them. This is intended to have a Citrix server community or a Terminal Server community (under Linux as well), to which ThinClient would connect via the LAN (by PXES, CD with image, or a mini installation on the HD), The interesting thing is to save the license of the stalls, so that they do not have to install a Windows and that all the applications they use are those of the terminal servers (Citrix – AQI or TS – Terminal Server – RDP). PCs download this Linux mini-distribution from the network (with a TFTPd server) either they are installed on the hard disk or they boot it from CD-ROM and they would have access to these applications, whether from Terminal Server or Citrix without […]
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