User manual

Table Of Contents

System Requirements and

Installation 1

Client systems must meet certain hardware and software requirements. The process of installing View

Client is like installing most other applications.

System Requirements on page 8

The Linux PC or laptop on which you install Horizon View Client, and the peripherals it uses, must

meet certain system requirements.

System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video on page 9

Real-Time Audio-Video works with standard webcam, USB audio, and analog audio devices, and

with standard conferencing applications like Skype, WebEx, and Google Hangouts. To support Real-

Time Audio-Video, your Horizon View deployment must meet certain software and hardware

requirements.

Supported Desktop Operating Systems on page 10

Administrators create virtual machines with a guest operating system and install View Agent in the

guest operating system. End users can log in to these virtual machines from a client device.

Requirements for Using Flash URL Redirection on page 10

Streaming Flash content directly from Adobe Media Server to client endpoints lowers the load on the

datacenter ESXi host, removes the extra routing through the datacenter, and reduces the bandwidth

required to simultaneously stream live video events to multiple client endpoints.

Preparing View Connection Server for Horizon View Client on page 11

Administrators must perform specific tasks to enable end users to connect to remote desktops.

Install Horizon View Client for Linux on page 11

End users open Horizon View Client to connect to remote desktops from a physical machine.

Horizon View Client for Linux runs on Ubuntu 12.04 systems, and you install it by using the Synaptic

Package Manager.

Configure the View Client Download Links Displayed in View Portal on page 12

By default, when you open a browser and enter the URL of a View Connection Server instance, the

portal page that appears contains links to the VMware Download site for downloading

Horizon View Client. You can change the default .

Horizon View Client Data Collected by VMware on page 13

If your company participates in the customer experience improvement program, VMware collects data

from certain Horizon View Client fields. Fields containing sensitive information are made anonymous.

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