Embedded Operating Systems Selection Guide

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Multimedia applications
Multimedia applications use video, music, and the Internet for education or entertainment.
Limiting factors:
• The Windows CE 4.22 and 5.0 media player does not contain Dolby 5.1 codec support.
• Microsoft Windows XPe Service Pack 2 may drop video frames when using Symantec Embedded Secu-
rity (formerly known as Sygate Security Agent).
Terminal emulation applications
Terminal emulation applications enable thin clients to simulate a specific type of computer terminal so that
you can access a mainframe computer or bulletin board service.
Limiting factors:
• For Windows CE 4.22 and 5.0 to display the Euro currency sign in TEC when using foreign lan-
guage keyboards, you must select the ISO Latin-9 character set.
• VNC Linux viewer may not refresh Internet Explorer content when connected to a Windows operating
system when you scroll up and down.
Operating Systems
Multimedia XPe CE Linux
Media player
✓✓
2
Midi
✓
Messenger
✓✓
Shock Wave Flash
✓
2
HP does not provide a media player with its Linux systems. You can download and install various commercial
open source media players.
Operating Systems
Terminal Emulation XPe CE Linux
TEC
✓✓
3
VNC
✓✓
XDM
✓
3
HP does not provide a commercial terminal emulation package with its Linux systems. Commercial and open-
source emulation packages are available that work on HP Linux thin clients.