An open source project maintaining a Linux-based operating system for thin clients has achieved a new release. Thinstation 2.2 runs on off-the-shelf thin clients or superannuated PCs, supports “all major connectivity protocols” and can be configured with a footprint as little as 6MB, a project spokesperson said.

Spokesperson Michael Eriksen said that Thinstation aims to support standard, off-the-shelf thin clients from HP, Fujitsu-Siemens, Neoware, and others. It also supports recycled PCs with Pentium MMX (586) or better processors, and at least 32MB of RAM.

Eriksen said Thinstation can be configured with a footprint of 6MB, but more typically runs 8-10MB, or larger if client-side applications such as Firefox and Java are included.

Eriksen claims that Thinstation supports “all major connectivity protocols,” including:

• Citrix ICA
• Microsoft Windows Server (RDP)
• Linux/Unix XDMCP (“X”)
• NoMachine NX
• Cendio ThinLinc
• 2X client
• Secure Shell (SSH)
• vt102
• tn5250
• Others

Thinstation also supports a full range of client peripherals, including sound, optical drives, hard disks, USB storage devices, and printers.

New features in version 2.2 of Thinstation include:

• 2.6.15 kernel
• X.org R6.9.0
• Firefox 1.5
• Macromedia Flash
• SUN Java
• rdesktop ver 1.5.0 (for MS Windows servers)

Availability

Thinstation can be freely downloaded from its Sourceforge-hosted project website, here. It is available as a build environment that requires a Linux workstation, or as an image download configured through TS-O-Matic configurators hosted in Denmark, Slovenia, and the Netherlands.

 
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