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</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Remote Management with ThinLinc</title>
+ <para>
+ Another alternative for remote access is <emphasis>ThinLinc</emphasis> from Cendio.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+<indexterm><primary>ThinLinc</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>terminal server</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>Linux</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>Solaris</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>TightVNC</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>SSH</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>NFS</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>PulseAudio</primary></indexterm>
+ ThinLinc is a terminal server solution that is available for Linux and Solaris based on standard
+ protocols such as SSH, TightVNC, NFS and PulseAudio.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+<indexterm><primary>LAN</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>thin client</primary></indexterm>
+ ThinLinc an be used both in the LAN environment to implement a Thin Client strategy for an organization, and as
+ secure remote access solution for people working from remote locations, even over smallband connections.
+ ThinLinc is free to use for a single concurrent user.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+<indexterm><primary>Citrix</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>Windows Terminal Server</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>Java</primary></indexterm>
+ The product can also be used as a frontend to access Windows Terminal Server or Citrix farms, or even Windows
+ XP machines, securing the connection via the ssh protocol. The client is available both for Linux (supporting
+ all Linux distributions as well as numerous thin terminals) and for Windows. A Java-based Web client is also
+ available.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ ThinLinc may be evaluated by connecting to Cendio's demo system, see
+ <ulink noescape="1" url="http://www.cendio.com">Cendio's</ulink> web site
+ <ulink noescape="1" url="http://www.cendio.com/testdrive">testdrive</ulink> center.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Cendio is a major contributor to several open source projects including
+ <ulink noescape="1" url="http://www.tightvnc.com">TightVNC</ulink>,
+ <ulink noescape="1" url="http://pulseaudio.org">PulseAudio</ulink> , unfsd,
+ <ulink noescape="1" url="http://www.python.org">Python</ulink> and
+ <ulink noescape="1" url="http://www.rdesktop.org">rdesktop</ulink>.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1>