<s>
ThinLinc	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
remote	B-Protocol
desktop	I-Protocol
server	O
developed	O
by	O
Cendio	O
AB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
server	O
software	O
and	O
the	O
users	O
 '	O
main	O
desktops	O
run	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clients	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
thin	B-Device
clients	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
ThinLinc	B-Protocol
uses	O
SSH	B-Protocol
for	O
transport	O
encryption	O
and	O
authentication	O
,	O
and	O
VNC	B-Protocol
for	O
graphics	O
,	O
keyboard	O
and	O
mouse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Access	O
to	O
client	O
devices	O
is	O
provided	O
through	O
different	O
open	O
protocols	O
such	O
as	O
PulseAudio	B-Library
for	O
sound	O
(	O
playback	O
and	O
recording	O
)	O
,	O
NFS	B-Protocol
for	O
file	O
system	O
access	O
(	O
using	O
a	O
user	O
space	O
NFS	B-Protocol
server	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Telnet/RFC2217	O
for	O
serial	O
port	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Access	O
to	O
a	O
client-side	O
Smart	O
Cards	O
is	O
provided	O
via	O
the	O
PC/SC	O
interface	O
using	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
protocol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
version	O
3.0.0	O
,	O
JPEG	O
compression	O
and	O
decompression	O
has	O
been	O
accelerated	O
using	O
the	O
SIMD	B-Device
extensions	O
present	O
in	O
modern	O
CPUs	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
performance	O
enhancements	O
also	O
means	O
that	O
ThinLinc	B-Protocol
works	O
very	O
well	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
the	O
VirtualGL	B-Protocol
software	O
,	O
which	O
provides	O
hardware	O
accelerated	O
OpenGL	O
on	O
the	O
server	O
side	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
3D	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
Google	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
to	O
run	O
with	O
good	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
National	B-Device
Supercomputer	I-Device
Centre	I-Device
in	I-Device
Sweden	I-Device
(	O
NSC	O
)	O
is	O
using	O
ThinLinc	B-Protocol
to	O
run	O
applications	O
in	O
their	O
cluster	O
remotely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
universities	O
use	O
ThinLinc	B-Protocol
to	O
make	O
system	O
administration	O
more	O
centralized	O
or	O
only	O
to	O
make	O
remote	O
access	O
to	O
their	O
computer	O
systems	O
available	O
for	O
students	O
and	O
staff	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Oracle	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
they	O
will	O
discontinue	O
their	O
development	O
of	O
Sun	B-Protocol
Ray	I-Protocol
,	O
there	O
has	O
been	O
a	O
big	O
interest	O
to	O
replace	O
it	O
with	O
a	O
ThinLinc	B-Protocol
solution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ThinLinc	B-Protocol
includes	O
many	O
components	O
that	O
are	O
Free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
and	O
Cendio	O
AB	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
driving	O
force	O
in	O
many	O
of	O
those	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notable	O
projects	O
that	O
are	O
used	O
are	O
TigerVNC	B-Language
,	O
noVNC	O
,	O
OpenSSH	B-Language
,	O
and	O
PulseAudio	B-Library
.	O
</s>
