Along with the release of the server components of VMware View 5.1, VMware also updated all of their clients. You can download the clients here. Clients include: Mac, iPad, Ubuntu Linux, Windows (32-bit and 64-bit), and Android. On a security related note, the View 4.6.0.4914 client has a security vulnerability, so you should upgrade to 4.6.1 or later such as 5.1.
Also, if you are interested in the Linux View client, the only official one that VMware produces is for Ubuntu, and has a limited feature set (no USB access, no smart card support, or virtual printing). However, many vendors create their own View client with enhanced features and support for different embedded Linux distros. For example, Wyse provides day 1 support for View 5.1 in their thin clients. To date I haven’t seen any support statement from HP for View 5.1 clients, although I’m sure that’s in the works..just lagging Wyse.
What’s new in all of the View clients? Check ’em out:
View Client for Windows 5.1
- Video playback improvements – Up to 3X better video playback performance.
- Two-factor authentication improvements – RADIUS two-factor authentication is now supported with VMware View 5.1.
- View Client with Local Mode improvements – The virtual machines used for local mode View desktops can now use virtual hardware version 8, which is included with vSphere 5. For information about the features enabled with virtual hardware version 8, see the vSphere 5 release notes.
- Improved mouse responsiveness
View Client for Linux 1.5
- Video playback improvements – Up to 3X better video playback performance.
- Two-factor authentication improvements – RADIUS two-factor authentication is now supported with VMware View 5.1.
- Improved mouse responsiveness
- Works with Ubuntu 12.04 – The version of View Client for Linux 1.5 that is available from the Ubuntu Software Center works with both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Ubuntu 12.04.
View Client for Mac 1.5
- Audio and video improvements – Up to 3X better video playback performance. Greatly improved audio/video synchronization.
- Two-factor authentication improvements – RADIUS two-factor authentication is now supported with VMware View 5.1.
- Mouse improvements – Improved mouse responsiveness. Resolved mouse tracking issue when switching to and from View Client.
View Client for Android 1.5
- Support for Ice Cream Sandwich
- Mouse support improvements – View Client now supports hover, right-click, and the scroll wheel mouse events on Ice Cream Sandwich devices.
- Video playback improvements – Up to 2X better video playback performance.
- Two-factor authentication improvements – RADIUS two-factor authentication is now supported with VMware View 5.1.
- Save password option with VMware View 5.1 – When connecting to a View 5.1 server and if the View administrator enables this feature, end users have the option of saving their user name and password to simplify login to their desktop.
- Internationalization improvements – French, German, and Spanish keyboards are supported when using VMware View 5.1 servers and appropriate international desktop keyboards. Direct Korean language input is supported when using VMware View 5.1 servers and desktops.
- Touch in text fields to activate the onscreen keyboard – This feature is available when using VMware View 5.1 servers and virtual desktops. Click in a text field and the keyboard will be activated. You also have the ability to turn this feature off.
- User interface improvements – More refined interface for small screen devices, all new Settings interface, and new, improved graphics.
– View Client for Android now supports the Android 4.0 operating system.
View Client for iPad 1.5
- Support for the new iPad
- Video playback improvements – Up to 50% better video playback performance.
- Two-factor authentication improvements – RADIUS two-factor authentication is now supported with VMware View 5.1.
- Save password option with VMware View 5.1 – When connecting to a View 5.1 server and if the View administrator enables this feature, end users have the option of saving their user name and password to simplify login to their desktop.
- Internationalization improvements – French, German, and Spanish keyboards are supported when using VMware View 5.1 servers and appropriate international desktop keyboards. Direct Korean language input is supported when using VMware View 5.1 servers and desktops.
- Touch in text fields to activate the onscreen keyboard – This feature is available when using VMware View 5.1 servers and virtual desktops. Click in a text field and the keyboard will be activated. You also have the ability to turn this feature off.
- Bluetooth keyboard improvements – The extended keyboard bar longer covers the Start menu and task bar when using a Bluetooth keyboard. Also, the touch in text fields option introduced in View 5.1 will activate the Bluetooth keyboard when clicking in a text field.
- User interface improvements – More refined interface with new, improved graphics.
Clients include: Mac, iPad, Ubuntu Linux, Windows (32-bit and 64-bit), and Android. On a security related note, the View 4.6.0.4914 client has a security vulnerability, We are ready to upgrade to 4.6.1 or later such as 5.1.