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<title>Remote Management with ThinLinc</title>
<para>
Another alternative for remote access is <emphasis>ThinLinc</emphasis> from Cendio.
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<para>
<indexterm><primary>ThinLinc</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>terminal server</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>Linux</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>Solaris</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>TightVNC</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SSH</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>NFS</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>PulseAudio</primary></indexterm>
ThinLinc is a terminal server solution that is available for Linux and Solaris based on standard
protocols such as SSH, TightVNC, NFS and PulseAudio.
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<para>
<indexterm><primary>LAN</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>thin client</primary></indexterm>
ThinLinc an be used both in the LAN environment to implement a Thin Client strategy for an organization, and as
secure remote access solution for people working from remote locations, even over smallband connections.
ThinLinc is free to use for a single concurrent user.
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<para>
<indexterm><primary>Citrix</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>Windows Terminal Server</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>Java</primary></indexterm>
The product can also be used as a frontend to access Windows Terminal Server or Citrix farms, or even Windows
XP machines, securing the connection via the ssh protocol. The client is available both for Linux (supporting
all Linux distributions as well as numerous thin terminals) and for Windows. A Java-based Web client is also
available.
</para>
<para>
ThinLinc may be evaluated by connecting to Cendio's demo system, see
<ulink noescape="1" url="http://www.cendio.com">Cendio's</ulink> web site
<ulink noescape="1" url="http://www.cendio.com/testdrive">testdrive</ulink> center.
</para>
<para>
Cendio is a major contributor to several open source projects including
<ulink noescape="1" url="http://www.tightvnc.com">TightVNC</ulink>,
<ulink noescape="1" url="http://pulseaudio.org">PulseAudio</ulink> , unfsd,
<ulink noescape="1" url="http://www.python.org">Python</ulink> and
<ulink noescape="1" url="http://www.rdesktop.org">rdesktop</ulink>.
</para>
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