Installation and Setup Guide

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Available RAM above system requirements to support various monitor
setups. Use the following formula as a general guide:
20MB + (24 * (# monitors) * (monitor width) * (monitor height))
As a rough guide, you can use the following calculations:
1 monitor: 1600 x 1200: 64MB
2 monitors: 1600 x 1200: 128MB
3 monitors: 1600 x 1200: 256MB
Hardware requirements
for RDP
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x86- or x64-based processor with SSE2 extensions, with a 800MHz or
higher processor speed.
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128MB RAM.
Software requirements
for Microsoft RDP
Use the latest rdesktop version available.
Software requirements
for FreeRDP
If you plan to use an RDP connection to View desktops and you would
prefer to use a FreeRDP client for the connection, you must install the correct
version of FreeRDP and any applicable patches. See “Install and Congure
FreeRDP,” on page 47.
Other software
requirements
Horizon Client also has certain other software requirements, depending on
the Linux distribution you use. Be sure to allow the Horizon Client
installation wizard to scan your system for library compatibilities and
dependencies. The following list of requirements pertains only to Ubuntu
distributions.
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libudev0.so.0
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launch Horizon Client. By default, libudev0 is not installed in Ubuntu
14.04.
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To support idle session timeouts: libXsso.so.1.
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To support Flash URL redirection: libexpat.so.1. (The libexpat.so.0
le is no longer required.)
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To improve performance when using multiple monitors, enable
Xinerama.
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