System information

2 Chapter 1
New Features
• VMware View 2.2 - VMware Horizon View (formerly VMware View) is a virtual
desktop infrastructure solution that simplifies desktop management and provides
users with what they need when they need it. In this release, VMware View 2.2 is
supported and was tested using VMware 5.2 and 5.3 server set-ups.
• Citrix 13.0 - Citrix Receiver for Linux provides users with access to resources
published on XenApp or XenDesktop servers. It combines ease of deployment and
use, offering quick and secure access to applications, content, and virtual desktops.
Users can connect to resources published on XenApp servers using either individual
ICA connections or, if using Citrix XenApp, predefined ICA connection
configurations from servers running the Web Interface. Users can also connect to
virtual desktops provided by XenDesktop, enabling them to use those virtual
desktops as if they were connecting to a local Windows desktop.
Note the following Citrix 13.0 features:
· Storebrowse & Storefront - Storebrowse is the command line utility to access
Storefront servers. PNABrowse is a similar command line utility to access
PNServer. Both are used to enumerate the published applications and launch
sessions apart from other specific features. In this release PNAbrowse and Store
browse are supported but in future releases PNAbrowse will be deprecated and
no longer supported due to Citrix side changes. Storebrowse can be used as a
replacement for PNABrowse to access PNServer with different command line
options. The known stores must be added first using the addstore option of
stores before listing or enumerating the resources on that store. Storebrowse
requires the libcurl package and libxml2 packages.
· HDX Media Stream for Windows Media & Client-Side Fetching - Client-Side
Content Fetching allows Citrix Receiver to stream media directly from http://,
mms://, or rtsp:// URLs. The server is responsible for pointing the client device at
the media, and sending control commands including Play, Pause, Stop, Volume,
Seek, etc. It does not handle any media data. Requirements: XenDesktop 7 and
that GStreamer support is on the client.
· H264 for 2D and 3D Graphics - Citrix Receiver supports the display of H.264
graphics, including HDX 3D Pro graphics that are served by XenDesktop 7. This
support uses the deep compression codec feature, which is enabled by default.
The feature provides better performance of rich and professional graphics
applications on WAN networks compared with the existing JPEG codec. HDX
optimizes the performance of 2D and 3D graphics and video. XenDesktop HDX
3D for Professional Graphics is a feature of XenDesktop Enterprise and Platinum
editions for delivering high-end applications, including OpenGL and DirectX
based applications, that demand the power of a graphics processing unit (GPU)
for hardware acceleration. Requirements: XenDesktop 7.
· H264 for Webcam Redirection (UC) - Allows webcam output in compressed
H.264 format to an Excalibur server for webcam redirection and webcam
conference. For webcams without H.264 encoding capability, either a hardware
H.264 encoder or the software program Theora can be used to accomplish the
compression task. By default, Theora encoding is enabled. If encodebin fails to
find the H264 encoder, it reverts to Theora encoding. Requirements: XenDesktop
7 and that GStreamer Version 0.10.31 or any later release in the 0.10 series is
available on the user device.
· Multimedia Stability (CSCF) - These settings determine how the Citrix receiver
should it operate gst_play under various situations. Gst_play is GStreamer
pipeline to play multimedia streams. Requirements: Xen App 6.5 and
XenDesktop7 and that GStreamer is on client.