Embedded Operating Systems Selection Guide

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Operating system feature set
The following sections list the features that each thin client operating system supports.
Remote management
Remote management applications help you manage your thin client environment. The following remote
management tools are available:
• Altiris delivers a deployment solution that allows you to capture, customize, and deploy thin client
images within an entire network.
• The FTP upgrade tool provides the ability to upgrade your images from an FTP site.
• The factory image restore tool allows you to restore a thin client system to the factory image from a
USB flash drive or a CD ROM.
• The export/import registry settings feature allows you to modify a CE image and then transfer the
image settings to a similar system.
Limiting factors:
• Altiris Deployment Server cannot install a custom image with Rdeploy using a USB flash drive without
executing a post configuration job in all three operating systems.
• FTP upgrade using the Auto System Update option on CE 5.0 supports only three file extensions
- ARP, IBR, and CAB.
• FTP upgrade using the Use values from DHCP option fails to complete correctly unless the values
for the file server and file root path setting remain at the factory default values.
• FTP upgrade will not correctly execute back to back .ARP file transfers.
• You can only successfully import/export registry settings between identical thin client systems.
Operating Systems
Remote Management XPe CE Linux
Altiris
✓✓✓
FTP upgrade
✓✓
Export registry settings
✓✓✓
Import registry settings
✓✓✓
Reset registry settings
✓✓
Factory image restore
✓✓✓
Auto system upgrade
✓