Thin clients are cheap, quiet Linux endpoints, but most people deploy them wrong. Here’s how to use them the right way.

Tom's mini-PC can surf/stream, comes up short with office apps and doesn't do Windows 11, but is perfectly capable of running a thin-client OS in a VDI setup. In two previous articles I talked about ...

The key is to remember the old adage about the right tool for the right job.

Do you really want to manage a fleet of expensive PCs that require ongoing maintenance and troubleshooting? A growing number of businesses are saying no. Instead, they’re exploring an alternative to ...

We are debating in our group on how best to setup a batch of 800 users. Should we go with a thin or thick client solution, PC's will be provided.<BR><BR>We already have Citrix Farms, and licenses, ...

[Roberto] recently discovered a clever way to gain root access to an HP t520 thin client computer. These computers run HP’s ThinPro operating system. The OS is based on Linux and is basically just a ...

Beth Bacheldor is a freelance journalist based out of North Carolina with more than 20 years of experience in covering IT news. Colleges find that mobile thin clients offer costs savings, flexibility ...

Wylie Wong is a freelance journalist who specializes in business, technology and sports. He is a regular contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. Thin clients? Really? Athough these ...

Sean Gallagher, who began his career as an IT project manager for the Navy, has spent two decades as a technology writer and reviewer. There’s been a vast gap in thin-client technology for some time — ...

PALO ALTO, Calif.--Despite lackluster success thus far, Sun Microsystems is forging ahead to supplant full-fledged PCs with stripped-down machines called thin clients. At an event Thursday to show off ...