

Now install the Horizon Client by running: sudo bash.sudo apt-get install freerdp-x11 – Required for leveraging PCoIP & RDP connections.

sudo apt-get install python-gtk2 – This will install the gtk2 library necessary for the installation of the bundle.Let’s install the prerequisite packages:.Launch the app tray and click on Terminal.This folder is the bridge between the Crostini container and your operating system. – The Linux Files directory will only be shown if Crostini is installed. arch.bundle from your Chrome OS Downloads folder into the new Linux Files folder. Move the VMware-Horizon-Client- x.x.x– yyyyyyy.Download the latest version of the VMware Horizon Client for Linux here.

Specifically redraw and refresh issues on whatever the secondary monitor is. The Chrome OS VMware Horizon client is currently putting out terrible performance on the secondary display (regardless of what display or output it is). The main goal I was looking to achieve by installing the linux client was better multi-monitor support. While I must say that it is changing at a pretty strong pace as the adoption of Chrome OS is rapidly increasing, there is a still a lot of room for maturity. At the time of this writing, late November 2018, the clients for Chrome OS are lacking features and performance that the full clients have had for years.

I’m hoping to marry a lot of my EUC virtualization experience with advancing the client-side user experiences of said technologies within chromium OS. I really believe that the operating system represents the end user computing model of the future (more on this in later posts). That said, expect more content surrounding my journey into the space. Recently I’ve taken a new career leap to do something new and exciting in the world of Chromium OS ( Chrome OS).
