Thinlinc: Terminal Server Environment

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The 'thinlic' environment will replace the 'Sun Ray' terminals during 2013.
Advantages of Thinlinc against 'Sun Ray':
- Supports latest Linux OS natively.
  - This is the main reason for the migration.
- Much better grafic speed:
  - Smoother scrolling on websites.
  - Playing Videos.
- Much better USB Stick support.
- Accessing the same session locally (at the institute) and remotely (for example at home).
- IT Support will be possible by 'shadow'-ing the session with the IT group.
Disadvantage
- 'power on' takes longer.
- Sound problems after reconnecting the session. Start the application again (for webbrowsers: reload the webpage).
- At the moment: 'Smart Card' support is not enabled.

Usage

Press F8 to open 'popup menu' and choose disconnect.
- If you need the F8 key in an applications, assign another key for the popup menu. To do so: F8 > Options > Options > Popup Menu Key. The new setting is only active during the recent connected session.

Plugged in USB sticks will appear in your homedirectory under thindrives.
Mount and unmounting happens automatically.
If you copy data on it, wait until the light on the stick stops flashing plus additional 10 seconds. After that it's secure to remove the stick.

Install the native Client (Linux, Windows, Mac) - no Android or iOS Support.
- Download: http://www.cendio.com/downloads/clients/
Start the native client tlclient (it's a standalone application, it's not a browser version)
- Servername:
```
tl.math.uzh.ch
```
  - Be aware, the second character of the servername is a lowercase 'L'!
- Username / Password: as your I-MATH Account.

After starting the tlclient choose under Options > Screen your desired screen size.