云计算瘦客户端-Thinstation
2012-05-21 10:23:30 
阿炯
Thinstation 是一个基本的，轻量级但非常强大的免费开源瘦客户端操作系统。对于运行环境，它基于 Linux 操作系统，运行在 32 位 x86 PC 硬件平台上。它对底层硬件系统的要求非常低 —— 只需要大于等于 100 MHz 的奔腾处理器和至少 32MB 的 RAM 支持。因此，企业可以通过重用老式、低配的台式电脑来使用它，非常节约企业成本。对于用户来说，它非常透明，用户不会觉察到底层基于 Linux 的操作系统的存在。用户可以在启动时根据自定义的系统配置直接连接到远程虚拟桌面，或者在启动后通过一个基于 Microsoft Windows 风格的本地用户界面环境进行虚拟桌面连接。
Thinstation is a basic and small, yet very powerful, Open Source "thin client" operating system supporting all major connectivity protocols: Citrix ICA, NoMachine NX, 2X ThinClient, Microsoft Windows terminal services (RDP, via RDesktop), VMWare View Open client, Cendio ThinLinc, Tarantella, X, telnet, tn5250, VMS terminal and SSH (No special configuration of the application servers is needed to use Thinstation).
Thinstation is mainly intended for schoolroom, office, company or department use, but can be used at home (eg. for a silent PC in the bedroom that 'runs' XP on your workstation in the back room).
Whilst Thinstation is based on Linux, users may actually never see Linux at all. If you decide to connect directly to a Microsoft Windows, Citrix or Unix server, the user will feel that they are running directly on the server. But, you can also have a local Desktop interface (with a local Browser & other tools).
Thinstation supports a Microsoft Windows-only environment and REQUIRES NO UNIX/Linux KNOWLEDGE.
Thinstation runs on ordinary PC hardware (32/64 bit i686 class). You may either reuse older computers or save a lot of time on workstation administration. Or both! An old Pentium-II with 128 MB RAM or better can be a perfectly useful workstation. And you don't need a hard disk - you can boot off the network and even have a silent workstation. Workstation devices (floppy/HD/CD/USB) and printers (LPT/USB) are supported.
Thinstation can be booted from network (e.g. diskless) using Etherboot/PXE or from a local floppy/CD/HD/flash-disk, and prebuilt images and a Live CD are available. The thin client configuration can be local or centralized to simplify management.
The latest stable release is version 5.0 Please be aware that not all docs have been updated yet but all basic concepts apply.
连接协议支持
Thinstation 最大的特点是它支持当今大多数流行的连接协议，并且内嵌了当今主流桌面云解决方案中所支持的客户端应用程序，从而极大增强了其普及性，具有很强的通用性。 Thinstation 是一个独立的系统，通过它进行虚拟桌面连接时，并不需要对远端的虚拟桌面服务器进行任何配置修改，只要保证它们之间的连接可达性既可。 Thinstation 当前所支持的连接协议有：
Citrix ICA
NoMachine NX
2X ThinClient
Microsoft Windows terminal services (RDP, via RDesktop)
VMWare View Open client
Cendio ThinLinc
Tarantella
X
telnet
tn5250
VMS terminal
SSH
值得注意的是，对于占桌面云领域市场份额前两位的两大云计算供应商 Citrix 和 VMWare，Thinstation 分别提供了对于其桌面云产品 Citrix XenDesktop 和 VMWare View 的客户端应用支持 —— Citrix ICA 和 VMWare View Open client。
最新版本：5.0
官方主页：http://www.thinstation.org/
Thinstation is a basic and small, yet very powerful, Open Source "thin client" operating system supporting all major connectivity protocols: Citrix ICA, NoMachine NX, 2X ThinClient, Microsoft Windows terminal services (RDP, via RDesktop), VMWare View Open client, Cendio ThinLinc, Tarantella, X, telnet, tn5250, VMS terminal and SSH (No special configuration of the application servers is needed to use Thinstation).
Thinstation is mainly intended for schoolroom, office, company or department use, but can be used at home (eg. for a silent PC in the bedroom that 'runs' XP on your workstation in the back room).
Whilst Thinstation is based on Linux, users may actually never see Linux at all. If you decide to connect directly to a Microsoft Windows, Citrix or Unix server, the user will feel that they are running directly on the server. But, you can also have a local Desktop interface (with a local Browser & other tools).
Thinstation supports a Microsoft Windows-only environment and REQUIRES NO UNIX/Linux KNOWLEDGE.
Thinstation runs on ordinary PC hardware (32/64 bit i686 class). You may either reuse older computers or save a lot of time on workstation administration. Or both! An old Pentium-II with 128 MB RAM or better can be a perfectly useful workstation. And you don't need a hard disk - you can boot off the network and even have a silent workstation. Workstation devices (floppy/HD/CD/USB) and printers (LPT/USB) are supported.
Thinstation can be booted from network (e.g. diskless) using Etherboot/PXE or from a local floppy/CD/HD/flash-disk, and prebuilt images and a Live CD are available. The thin client configuration can be local or centralized to simplify management.
The latest stable release is version 5.0 Please be aware that not all docs have been updated yet but all basic concepts apply.
连接协议支持
Thinstation 最大的特点是它支持当今大多数流行的连接协议，并且内嵌了当今主流桌面云解决方案中所支持的客户端应用程序，从而极大增强了其普及性，具有很强的通用性。 Thinstation 是一个独立的系统，通过它进行虚拟桌面连接时，并不需要对远端的虚拟桌面服务器进行任何配置修改，只要保证它们之间的连接可达性既可。 Thinstation 当前所支持的连接协议有：
Citrix ICA
NoMachine NX
2X ThinClient
Microsoft Windows terminal services (RDP, via RDesktop)
VMWare View Open client
Cendio ThinLinc
Tarantella
X
telnet
tn5250
VMS terminal
SSH
值得注意的是，对于占桌面云领域市场份额前两位的两大云计算供应商 Citrix 和 VMWare，Thinstation 分别提供了对于其桌面云产品 Citrix XenDesktop 和 VMWare View 的客户端应用支持 —— Citrix ICA 和 VMWare View Open client。
最新版本：5.0
官方主页：http://www.thinstation.org/