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Table 4‑3. Requirements for Specific Features (Continued)
Feature Requirements
USB redirection
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For client software from third-party vendors, this feature requires View 5.1 or later.
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For Horizon Client from VMware, this feature requires View Agent 6.0.2 or later.
Requires the VMware Blast or PCoIP display protocol.
Smart cards For single-user virtual machine desktops, this feature requires View Agent 6.0.2 or later.
For session-based desktops provided by RDS hosts, this feature requires View Agent 6.1
or later.
Client drive redirection View Agent 6.1.1 or later.
N You can also use Horizon Client to securely access remote Windows-based applications, in addition
to remote desktops. Selecting an application in Horizon Client opens a window for that application on the
local client device, and the application looks and behaves as if it were locally installed.
You can use remote applications only if you are connected to Connection Server 6.0 or later. For information
about which operating systems are supported for the RDS host, which provides published applications and
published desktops, see the View Installation document.
N The features that are available for each thin client device are determined by the vendor and model
and the conguration that an enterprise chooses to use. For information about the vendors and models for
thin client devices, see the VMware Compatibility Guide at
hp://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=vdm.
For descriptions of these features and their limitations, see the View Planning document.
Feature Support for Linux Desktops
Some Linux guest operating systems are supported if you have View Agent 6.1.1 or later. For a list of the
latest supported Linux operating systems and information about supported features, see the Seing Up
Horizon 7 for Linux Desktops document.
Internationalization
The user interface and documentation are available in English, Japanese, French, German, Simplied
Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Spanish.
If you are using a Ubuntu 10.4 Linux client system and you want to display the client user interface in a
language other than English, you must set the client system to use a locale that uses UTF-8 encoding.
Keyboards and Monitors
You can use multiple monitors and all types of keyboards with a remote desktop. Certain seings ensure the
best possible user experience.
Best Practices for Using Multiple Monitors
Following are recommendations for successfully using multiple monitors with a remote desktop:
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Dene the primary monitor as the boom-left-most monitor.
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Enable Xinerama. If you do not enable Xinerama, the primary display might be identied incorrectly.
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The menu bar will appear on the top-left-most monitor. For example, if you have two monitors side by
side and the top of the left monitor is lower than the top of the right monitor, the menu bar will appear
on the right monitor because the right monitor is still the top-left-most monitor.
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