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Empathy vs ThinLinc

A side-by-side look at Empathy and ThinLinc. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Empathy

Empathy

Social & Communications

Empathy is an open source instant messaging client that supports text, voice and video chat. It uses the Telepathy framework and integrates with the GNOME desktop environment. Empathy supports popular protocols like XMPP, IRC, Facebook Messenger, and more.

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ThinLinc

ThinLinc

Remote Work & Education

ThinLinc is a secure remote desktop access software that allows users to access their desktop environments hosted on centralized servers from any device. It uses SSH protocol for secure connections.

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