Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Sun Rays For Linux

Posted by timothy on from the shining-example dept.

Tarantolato writes "According to an eweek story Sun Microsystems will be debuting a Linux port of their Sun Ray Server at Linux World this week. This would allow Sun Ray thin clients to be run off of a SuSE or Red Hat box, where you previously needed a Solaris-SPARC setup to do that."

5 of 131 comments (clear)

  1. In Related News.... by njcoder · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Sun has also anounced their Soft Ray thin client solutions as well. This allows users to turn their laptop or desktop into a thinray client without buying a Sun Ray NC.

    If you've looked into Sun's Sun Ray Technology it's pretty neat. It offers a lot of features that similar windows technology does not.

    --
    Open Source Java DAO Generator
  2. ... and Sun's potential acquisition of Novell by otisg · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This is VERY interesting, considering there are rumours about Sun thinking about buying Novell (which recently bought SuSe). Time to hit trading accounts! :)

    --
    Simpy
  3. Re:So what is it? by Sesse · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The most impressive part of the Sunrays is definitely that they don't feel like thin clients. Things zap around like as if you were on a local computer -- in contrast, a terminal server running Windows feels extremely sluggish, even with a powerful server and dedicated thin clients (which is basically what you have with the Sunrays :-) ).

    /* Steinar */

    --
    (This comment is of course GPLed.)
  4. Completely silent by AmicoToni · · Score: 5, Interesting

    There is another scarcely mentioned, but equally great feature of the Sunray stations: they have no fans!!
    If you think that is no big deal, enter your standard computer lab again and pay attention to all the noise... I have worked in a large institution where the whole building was Sunray-based. A completely silent computing environment. You can actually hear the birds chirping outside. You have no idea what it feels like until you've tried it!!

  5. Re:the story is -1: irrelevant by WebCrapper · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If you actually look at pricing between the Sun Ray's vs someone like Dell, with required software like Antivirus and Ghost (for a larger networking environment) and add them all together, you'll see that you're wrong. Don't believe me? Price 40 machines at the small to mid level business pricing bracket at Dell, Gateway, Compaq/HP, IBM, etc with Enterprise licenses of Ghost and Antivirus and you'll find that you actually save money by buying the Sun Building blocks.

    As for portability - sun also has a laptop version of these things with wireless capability. Oh yea, they have batteries that actually last 6-8 hours compared to your normal laptops...

    Just another AC thats shooting their mouth off on something they know nothing about...