[THIN] Re: Best Thin Clients

  • From: Magnus Hjorleifsson <magnus@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:33:29 -0400

It runs Embedded Linux (UBUNTU) and has the codecs for HDX installed

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Harry Singh <hboogz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Are the DevonIT devices you run zero or thin with embedded Linux? Any real
> weight - at least among the folks on this list- behind the claim that any
> embedded OS will contribute to a "better"/"greater" end user experience
> than a zero client?
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Bruce Ricker <brucericker@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> We only do published desktops right now...The new HP zero won't boot
>> to a published desktop logon....the wyse xenith will, but we have had
>> the most success with wyse c10LE's....
>>
>> On 10/30/11, Magnus Hjorleifsson <magnus@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > We run Devon it (about 5000 ). They are great devices, management is all
>> > centralized and the support from the vendor is great.
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPhone
>> >
>> > On Oct 28, 2011, at 12:21, Dan Dill <DanD@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> >> We just added a Dell FX170 running win xp embedded to our domain with
>> the
>> >> plans to test it out with an end-user.  It’s just a rebranded devon IT
>> box
>> >> (I think they used to be bosanova) but it seems decent for a more
>> >> basic/average user.  Does dual monitors and the xp embedded seems to
>> work
>> >> well as an “os”
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> One thing I liked in the documentation was the ability to re-image the
>> >> device by plugging in a usb drive…
>> >>
>> >> I will admit though that I’ve spent less than an hour on/with the
>> device,
>> >> so not exactly an expert.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Dan Dill |Systems Engineer
>> >>
>> >> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> >> Behalf Of Greg Reese
>> >> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 8:27 AM
>> >> To: Thin
>> >> Subject: [THIN] Best Thin Clients
>> >>
>> >> in the past, we would get on this topic every few months.  But it seems
>> >> like it has been a while since we had a discussion on who makes the
>> best
>> >> thin clients.  With that, who has the best thin client management
>> >> software.
>> >>
>> >> The landscape has changed with HP swallowing up Neoware, Bosanova
>> chaging
>> >> names, Lenovo, Dell, and even Cisco are getting in the game too.  And
>> >> probably a few I forget or dont' even know about.
>> >>
>> >> For what it is worth, even after 10 years I still hate Wyse.  I even
>> won a
>> >> notebook form them at Synergy and they never bothered to send it and
>> >> ignored my emails.  jerks.  sorry and no i'm not bitter about it or
>> >> anything.
>> >>
>> >> So, with that...
>> >>
>> >> Who makes the best thin clients and who makes the best thin client
>> >> management software?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
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