StarNet Communications Intros X Server Solution for Linux Users

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of remote host connectivity solutions StarNet Communications has reportedly unveiled LinuxLIVE, its first X server solution for Linux users.

Bringing together Linux’s native X Windows server and StarNet’s (News - Alert) LIVE technology, StarNet’s innovative Linux workstation solution provides stable, secure connections to applications running on remote Unix and Linux servers. The LIVE technology equips the solution with greater persistency when users connect to applications on remote Unix and Linux hosts. With LinuxLIVE, users are able to reconnect to applications even after they experience a fatal network, power of system crash. Users can also share their sessions with other Linux and Windows users.

Linux workstations find wide application in high-tech companies where engineers connect from Linux to design applications running on powerful Unix and Linux servers. “We have seen a significant migration from Windows workstations to Linux workstations in semiconductor design and other high-tech fields. Linux users are just as vulnerable to network and power failures as Windows users. LinuxLIVE allows us to bring our LIVE session capabilities to the Linux workstation platform and serve these users with critical session persistency solutions that improve their productivity,” said StarNet co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Steven Schoch.

What’s more, with LinuxLIVE, it is possible for users to disconnect their office machines at the end of the workday and reconnect to their remote sessions the next day, or at home on another Linux or Windows PC. “Most users who have Linux in the office have Windows machines at home. Now they can start sessions on a Linux workstation in the office, then resume those sessions on a Windows computer at home using our X-Win32 X emulator,” explained Schoch. “LinuxLIVE brings the interoperability between Linux and Windows clients and servers full circle. It no longer matters on which end-user platform you work at any given time. You can always connect to your remote Linux and Unix applications.”

LinuxLIVE has been priced at $99 and can be downloaded with a 30-day trial license from the StarNet web site.

Founded in 1989, privately-held StarNet Communications Corp. develops and markets X11 terminal emulation solutions on the Windows and Linux platforms for corporate, educational and government organizations. Earlier this year TMCnet reported that StarNet has unveiled its new PC X server, X-Win32 version 9.4 which can display full remote Unix or Linux console to a Windows desktop.