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Version 2022.1

Release date: October 2022

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Download the latest version from the website. 

To do so, select the free Community Version >> NETWORK <<. Expect to receive the download link within a few hours.

Installation

 

For more information, see:

Note the system requirements.

Update

 

Update existing installations within the openthinclient Management Server.¹

 

For a description of the update process, read the article Performing an Update.

 

¹If using the virtual appliance, install a new appliance and migrate the data, at least for major releases.

Updates and Improvements

localboot

Support for Wi-Fi (WEP and WPA) — centrally configurable in Manager

CUPS Client

Specify the default printer on the client, even if the CUPS server setting differs.

Citrix
  • Support for Webex Meetings
  • Minor improvement for webcam
openthinclient OS
  • Set default volume for output/speakers to 80% and for input/microphone to 100%
    (adjust via audio settings in the desktop application).
  • Use thin client custom variables (formerly custom fields) as environment variables. $CUSTOM1 - $CUSTOM3 .
  • Online test removed from desktop background
  • Minor improvements:
    • The logout dialog now shows only functional options.
    • Update of various system programs and libraries
Management Server
  • Progress indicator when starting/reloading the management server
  • Various bug fixes
  • Identify the default profile — MAC address 00:00:00:00:00:00

Known issue

openthinclient Manager
  • When renaming a hardware type used by a thin client, the save operation succeeds, and the system displays an informational message upon saving.
Active Directory integration
  • In openthinclient-Manager, the display names of users appear instead of login names.
  • If the user ID for the login credentials for read access contains umlauts or special characters (non-ASCII), the thin client login requires a compatible character set.
Citrix

The Citrix Receiver includes a list of known issues provided by the manufacturer; locate these on the Citrix website.

FreeRDP

FreeRDP is under continuous development. The developers collect all known issues in the GitHub Issue Tracker.
When using Terminal Server ≤ 2008R2, use rdesktop instead of FreeRDP.

Versions of system components

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┃ Debian-package                           ┃ Version                   ┃
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│ OpenSSL                                  │ 1.1.1n-0+deb10u3          │
│ Graphics Driver INTEL                    │ 2:2.99.917+git20180925-2  │
│ Graphics Driver ATI/RADEON               │ 1:19.0.1-1                │
│ Graphics Driver ATI/AMDGPU               │ 18.1.99+git20190207-1     │
│ Graphics Driver Nouveau                  │ 1:1.0.16-1                │
│ Graphics Driver NVIDIA legacy 340xx      │ 340.108-10~bpo10+1        │
│ Graphics Driver NVIDIA legacy 390xx      │ 390.154-1~deb10u1         │
│ Graphics Driver VMware                   │ 1:13.3.0-2                │
│ Graphics Driver FBDEV                    │ 1:0.5.0-1                 │
│ Graphics Driver VESA                     │ 1:2.4.0-1                 │
│ Graphics Driver Openchrome               │ 1:0.6.0-3+b1              │
│ Input Driver Elographics                 │ 1:1.4.1-1+b5              │
│ Input Driver Evdev                       │ 1:2.10.6-1                │
│ Input Driver Wacom                       │ 0.34.99.1-1               │
│ Xorg X11 Server                          │ 2:1.20.4-1+deb10u5        │
│ Lightdm Login Manager                    │ 1.26.0-4                  │
│ Mate Window Manager                      │ 1.20.2-1                  │
│ Python 2                                 │ 2.7.16-2+deb10u1          │
│ Python 3                                 │ 3.7.3-1                   │
│ Kernel                                   │ 5.10.103-1~bpo10+1        │
│ PC/SC Lite Library                       │ 1.8.24-1                  │
│ Reader Driver ACS USB                    │ 1.1.6-1                   │
│ Reader Driver ACEDrive IIIe USB          │ 3.7-7                     │
│ Reader Driver ACEDrive IIIe serial       │ 3.7-7                     │
└──────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────┘
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┃ Application                              ┃ Version                   ┃
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│ Cherry USB Lan Proxy                     │ 3.3.0.0                   │
│ Chromium                                 │ 90.0.4430.212             │
│ Citrix HDX Realtime Media Engine         │ 2.9                       │
│ Citrix Workspace for Linux               │ 22.3.0.24                 │
│ Evidian Auth Manager                     │ 1.5.7883                  │
│ FreeRDP                                  │ 2.8.0                     │
│ Oracle JRE                               │ 1.8.0_202                 │
│ RDesktop                                 │ 1.8.6.                    │
└──────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────┘

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