World’s Largest Linux Desktop Deployment
by Wyatt WalterUserful and ThinNetworks announced on Tuesday that they have been selected by the Brazilian Ministry of Education to to deploy 365,800 desktops to Brazilian schools. The deployment will be the largest virtual desktop deployment in the world as well as the largest Linux desktop deployment in the world. The Userful platform allowed the schools to utilize each PC as 10 desktops rather than a 1 to 1 ratio. This allowed schools to keep costs low and Userful is bragging that the cost was less than $50 per seat (without keyboard, mouse, and monitor). You can download a 2-seat version of their software for free from their website for personal use to try it out. You just need a PC with two video cards, two monitors, and enough USB slots for two keyboards and mice. Another multi-station solution, NComputing, deployed a 180,000 workstation deployment in Macedonia last year. They are claiming up to 30 “stations” per PC (example they gave was of a sub-$1000 PC from Dell).
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Feb 20th, 2009
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