ThinLinc
ThinLinc is a fast and versatile remote desktop solution. It is based on open source software such as TigerVNC, SSH, and PulseAudio. The ThinLinc server software can be used to publish Linux/Unix desktops and applications to thin clients. The system also supports Windows Remote Desktop Services and VirtualBox. ThinLinc supports redirection of sound, serial ports, disk drives, local printers, and Smart Card readers. Clients are available for a wide variety of platforms. When used with the VirtualGL software, ThinLinc can deliver high performance graphics with OpenGL applications in a thin client environment.
| Tags | Clustering/Distributed Networks Desktop Environment Communications OpenGL |
|---|---|
| Licenses | aggregate |
| Operating Systems | Windows Windows POSIX Solaris Linux Mac OS X |
| Translations | Swedish Portuguese English Spanish German |
Recent releases
- 29 Dec 2011 22:19
Release Notes: New platforms, including Mandriva Enterprise Server and Unity 2D, are now supported. All server components are available as 64-bit versions. The performance on high latency networks has been improved. Four new translations have been added: Dutch, French, Russian, and Turkish. The OS X client has been translated. The functionality of the Web administration interface has been improved.
- 31 Aug 2011 12:18
Release Notes: New platforms such as Windows 2008 R2 and the latest Linux distributions from Red Hat and Ubuntu are now supported. VirtualBox integration has been added. This advanced VDI solution works well in conjunction with VirtualGL and ThinLinc, and can deliver high performance graphics with OpenGL applications in a thin client environment. This release features a new Web administration GUI. The performance of many RENDER operations has been improved: the "render_bench" test indicates a performance increase of 100%. Additionally, the graphics engine of the client ("vncviewer") has been rewritten.
- 15 Oct 2010 10:49
Release Notes: This is a update to the 3.1.1 version. It is now possible to install ThinLinc on 64-bit Debian based systems. The OpenGL support has been enhanced. The Mesa software has been upgraded, and several issues have been resolved. The smart card support has been enhanced and several bugs have been fixed.
- 01 Jul 2010 15:55
Release Notes: This is an update to the 3.1.0 version. The performance of the Windows client has been improved, and it is about twice as fast as the previous version. This gives radically improved performance in many cases, such as video playback. A client package for IGEL Universal Desktop terminals is now provided. The smart card support has been enhanced. The client distribution TLCOS now includes basic scanner support.
- 04 May 2010 14:48
Release Notes: This release includes several major new features. ThinLinc now supports systems such as Windows 7 and 64-bit versions of Windows Server. The smart card support has been enhanced. There are major enhancements for VMware based Virtual Desktop Infrastructure deployments. The performance of the X server has been increased. For example, the "gtkperf" performance test typically indicates a performance increase of 50%.
Recent comments
Re: Free for one concurrent user
> ThinLinc is now free for one concurrent
> user. See this page for more information.
Starting today, we provide 10 concurrent users for free! We have also introduced a subscription model, to make it even more easy to purchase and use the product. See
www.cendio.com (www.cendio.com) for more information.
Free for one concurrent user
ThinLinc is now free for one concurrent user. See
this page for more information.
Downloadable server software
It is now possible to download the server software, from www.thinlinc.com/download (www.thinlinc.com/downl....
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