Embedded Operating Systems Selection Guide

Information Technology personnel frequently must determine which thin client embedded operating system

best meets their requirements for devices and applications. This paper helps you with that process by pro-

viding feature comparisons between the three HP thin client operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows XP Embedded (XPe)

• Microsoft Windows CE

• Embedded Linux

Common features

The following table provides an overview of the features common to HP thin clients based on operating

system using the following legend:

◆◆◆ Feature is fully functional and operates the same as the desktop environment.

◆◆ Feature is partially functional and does not operate the same as the desktop environment.

◆ Feature is barely functional and requires a highly skilled administrator to enable it.

Common Features

Features XPe CE Linux

Accessibility (508) ◆◆ ◆◆ ◆◆

Automatic logon ◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ ◆◆◆

Browser ◆◆◆ ◆◆ ◆◆◆

Citrix ◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ ◆◆◆

Connection manager ◆◆◆ ◆◆◆

Firewall ◆◆◆

International keyboard ◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ ◆◆◆

Kiosk ◆ ◆◆◆ ◆◆◆

Media player ◆◆◆ ◆◆

Networking ◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ ◆◆◆

Operating system restores ◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ ◆◆◆

Persistent connections ◆ ◆◆◆ ◆◆◆

RDP ◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ ◆◆◆

Remote management ◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ ◆◆◆

Setup wizard ◆◆◆

Single button logon ◆ ◆◆◆ ◆◆◆

SNMP ◆◆◆ ◆◆◆

SNTP Client ◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ ◆◆◆