PXES is back!
Well if you thought PXES was dead, nope, they were not.
As some may not know, 2X Software Ltd. acquired the whole PXES project from Diego. Last week they finally released PXES 3.0 (freeware of course). Although I have not tried it yet, it seems to be pretty close or similar to the 2X ThinClient Server (that I mentioned here many times it has one of the worst names ever chosen in the software industry as it is extremely confusing). And as it is free, it is worth big time a download and test. 
If you are not familiar with it, it is basically a solution that deploys and manages a very small Linux based OS on your existing PCs and/or Thin Clients. You can then add connections to Citrix servers, plain TSs and even their own 2X ApplicationServer, for seamless windows on Linux without Citrix. The whole management interface is all web-based and really polished. And to make things scalable, the backend is SQL (MySQL) based. Neat.
Again, it is worth trying it. And now with a freeware version, you cannot go wrong. It is years ahead of solutions like ThinStation and others. No comparison.
Cheers!
Holger Says:
July 13th, 2006 at 12:36 am
We had a look at PXES. It’s 2X ThinClientServer Enterprise v3.0 w/o ICA, manufacturer support and w/o a promise for further development…
We also think that the name of the product is a problem at the moment, because most of our customers think that it is some kind of a linux terminal server project, but this problem will fade out if the product reaches a bigger share in the market.
Now PXES the free version of 2X ThinClientServer will spread the name…