Symbio Technologies has announced that a version of its thin-client management suite is now available for download under the GPL (GNU General Public License) from Sourceforge.net. The software provides a GUI for centralized management of thin-client workstations running software from the Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP).

According to COO Roger Del Russo, the Symbiont Workstation Manager provides the same features and ease of use as the commercially supported Symbiont Management Suite. However, it is a less stable, less well-tested development version in which new features are added first. Additionally, it lacks the capability to manage LTSP networks from a user point of view, for example in networks where workers use multiple or share the same terminal(s).

"Making the Symbiont Workstation Manager available is our way of giving something back to the Open Source community," said Symbio Technologies' co-founder and CTO, Gideon Romm.

Symbio also hopes the Open Source community will collaborate on and contribute to the project.

Last month, Symbio made news by decrying the efforts of large PC companies to sponsor “recycling” programs that destroy older PCs that could better be used as thin clients — just as these same companies introduced new thin-client products of their own. More details about the company's network management tools are available in that story.

 
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