“IBM today extended its support for the Linux operating
system to thin-client computers.”
Generally speaking, a thin-client computer is a stripped-down PC
that runs programs off a powerful server computer instead of from a
unit on the desk. A new trend is adapting thin clients to run
Linux…”
“But Big Blue backing Linux could help foster the adoption of
the alternative Unix flavor on thin clients. IBM has a long history
with thin-client computing, in 1996 introducing its first Network
Station. The thin client relied initially on Citrix WinFrame
running off Windows NT servers to connect to data running on
disparate systems, such as mainframes and Unix and NT servers.”
“But Big Blue backing Linux could help foster the adoption of
the alternative Unix flavor on thin clients. IBM has a long history
with thin-client computing, in 1996 introducing its first Network
Station. The thin client relied initially on Citrix WinFrame
running off Windows NT servers to connect to data running on
disparate systems, such as mainframes and Unix and NT servers.”