Linux thin client specialist Igel has created a Linux operating system image for a rugged panel PC designed for vehicle-mounted and industrial applications. The Igel-5310 LX Premium Image works with Glacier's Everest PC, available with a 600 MHz Celeron or 1.4GHz Pentium M processor.

The Igel-5310 LX Premium Image is one of three firmware stacks available for Igel's "Premium" line of thin client PCs, which falls in the middle of the company's Linux-compatible line-up of nine thin client models. Igel claims to be the third largest vendor of thin clients, which represent "super slimmed down" alternatives to desktop PCs. Accessing information stored remotely on a server, the devices generally have no moving parts and little memory while delivering the essential application capabilities of a PC.

According to Glacier, the Linux thin client version of its Everest "is designed specifically for software environments that require rich digital services, maximum performance, and security." Glacier bundles the Igel Remote Management Suite with every Igel/Glacier thin client, says the company. The software is said to enable IT administrators to manage hundreds or thousands devices at once, and provides remote access to user profiles, device settings, updates, diagnostics, and support.

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