NoTouch OS Release Notes
NoTouch OS Release Notes b r o u g h t t o y o u b y 1 0 Z i G This file describes changes between releases of the Stratodesk Linux firmware. Please note that not all features may be present in a specific firmware image due to license, space or other restrictions. Check your specific image description for more information. Please read this BEFORE updating! Try new releases first in a dedicated test scenario! NoTouch OS 2.39.174 (December 2014) – Update to “Mineral King” New Features • • • • Update to VMware Horizon View Client 3.2.0-‐2331566 Update to Firefox 34.0.5 First-‐time wizard is now shorter and much nicer Support for 10ZiG L810 Improvements • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Updated FreeRDP 1.2 build Refactoring of Citrix client configuration templates Delete old Citrix parameters, change several default values (*see below) Add a parameter “CGP allowed” to disable Session Reliability client-‐side Add Citrix “resource” parameter. “Citrix/One application or desktop” can now be configured more straightforward with “Connection target” being the URL and resource the app/desktop to launch. “Citrix/Program Neighborhood” may now have the URL also in “Connection target” Mark Citrix parameters that affect appsrv.ini as such and move them down in the list (these are not used with XenApp or XenDesktop any more) Improve client side logging Update timezone data to match current regulations (including Russia’s recent timezone change) Remove dependency on having an Ethernet port In case of trying to contact NoTouch Center, use regular port numbers first (following the new paradigm of the Stratodesk Virtual Appliance) and 8080/8443 second Various additions to support file generation Remove several old unused parameters and deprecated functionality like ESD Rename several connection modes to “Legacy …” to indicate that they are not state of the art any more New configuration GUI backend (webkit-‐based) Rewrite local GUI portions and remove old Gtk1 libraries Many improvements regarding FabulaTech USB-‐over-‐RDP Internal “null” connection mode to remove a dependency on a default connection mode Hardware support: HP 620, HP 520, VXL MD54, FTC A300, FTC S920 and others Libssl updates Dell/Quest vWorkspace client now 7.7.3 First-‐time wizard will try to auto-‐configure country, timezone and keyboard layout if connected to Internet Add WiFi parameters autoscan and bgscan to influence scanning and handover behavior Fixed problems • • “Citrix Dynamic Drive Mapping does not display the virtual drive mapping root drive any more” “Icons in Citrix/Program Neighborhood ” Page 1/20 10ZiG-‐NoTouchOS_ReleaseNotes_2.39.174.docx 16.12.2014 NoTouch OS Release Notes b r o u g h t t o y o u b y 1 0 Z i G • • • • • • • • • • • “Setting a NoTouch Center URL prefix without a port number could disrupt management function” “Very rare error messages in first-‐time-‐wizard” “DMI-‐based serial number was not sent to NoTouch Center” “Predefined hosts could not be set with certain versions of NoTouch Center” “Drive mapping did not work in Citrix when started from non-‐root Firefox” “ASCII encoding error on template generation” “Kernel-‐based event interface would be started in some circumstances even when off” “Ctrl-‐Alt-‐MouseKey was not recognized by the Citrix client” “Citrix: Kerberos configuration file contained wrong domain name” “VMware Horizon View: custom keyboard layout parameter may not work in some cases” “Ctrl-‐Alt-‐F* keys did not work in some circumstances” Compatibility • • • • This release requires devices with at 512 MB RAM. Flash/Hard drive space depends on the actual images and goes from zero (PXE diskless mode) to ca. 700 MB with the largest builds. For machines with less RAM please use older versions, including the latest 2.28.x release. The VMware Horizon PCoIP client as well as Citrix HDX RTME require a CPU with SSE2 instruction set. IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING NOTOUCH CENTER: To be able to configure all new parameters you will need at least NoTouch Center 4.1.28.25. Several changes have been made to the way the OS is configured by NoTouch Center, especially with regards to the RCMD protocol. Older NoTouch Center versions cannot execute client actions on 2.38.193 and later. IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING CITRIX PARAMETERS: o The following parameters now default to “no setting”: Font smoothing/ClearType, Smartcard, Desktop Appliance Mode, Use Alternate Address, H.264/3D GPU acceleration, Enable OSS/Off-‐ Screen-‐Surface, ICA Keep Alive, Transport Reconnect Enabled o The following parameters were changed: Mouse sends Ctrl-‐V (Middle Button Paste) is now “on”, Enhanced Unicode Keyboard Support is now “Ever”, Transparent Key Passthrough is now “FullScreenOnly”, Keep Alive Interval is now blank. o NoTouch Center 4.1.28.25 is needed to have matching default values. NoTouch OS 2.39.24 (October 2014) – Update to “Mineral King” New Features • • Update to Citrix Receiver 13.1.0.285639 Update to Firefox 32.0.3 Improvements • • • • • • • Save Device SerialNr value when instructed by management console and report it back immediately Add specific Kerberos tools Allow HTTPS davfs mount for /config with or without certificate checking Use different credentials transfer to VMware View client Directly read in credentials from login dialogs Updated bash with the “use prefixes and suffixes for function exports” security improvement Add two parameters for WiFi operation: Frequencies to scan, allowed frequencies Page 2/20 10ZiG-‐NoTouchOS_ReleaseNotes_2.39.174.docx 16.12.2014 NoTouch OS Release Notes b r o u g h t t o y o u b y 1 0 Z i G Fixed problems • • • • “Fix ShellShock bash bug CVE-‐2014-‐6271, CVE-‐2014-‐7169, CVE-‐2014-‐7186, CVE-‐2014-‐7187” “Show Navigation Bar does not work with new Firefox in Australis design” “Saveconfig does not work for Firefox connection for non-‐root sessions” “Some connection modes did not handle the login dialog correctly” [introduced in 2.39.21] Compatibility • • • This release requires devices with at 512 MB RAM. Flash/Hard drive space depends on the actual images and goes from zero (PXE diskless mode) to ca. 700 MB with the largest builds. For machines with less RAM please use older versions, including the latest 2.28.x release. The VMware Horizon PCoIP client as well as Citrix HDX RTME require a CPU with SSE2 instruction set. IMPORTANT: To be able to configure all new parameters you will need at least NoTouch Center 4.1.28.10. Several changes have been made to the way the OS is configured by NoTouch Center, especially with regards to the RCMD protocol. Older NoTouch Center versions cannot execute client actions on 2.38.193 and later. NoTouch OS 2.39.0 (September 2014) – “Mineral King” New Features • • Update to VMware Horizon View Client 3.1 Update to Firefox 32.0 Improvements • • • • • • • • Make login dialog logo configurable Allow VMware Horizon View client to use a local login box Add parameters for PCoIP (FIPS mode, image cache, generic parameters) Console shadowing now has priority over standalone shadowing RCMD parameters now work instantly, without reboot Genesis is now compress with gzip instead of lzma – less RAM, faster Libxml2 does not spew so many pointless messages any more Extra warning before wiping the disk (mentions damage potential on flash disks and duration) Fixed problems • • • “PXE boot would not store the configuration” “ctxusb does not start when set to system-‐wide ‘on’” “USB mass storage devices wouldn’t mount with synchronous access off” Compatibility • • This release requires devices with at 512 MB RAM. Flash/Hard drive space depends on the actual images and goes from zero (PXE diskless mode) to ca. 700 MB with the largest builds. For machines with less RAM please use older versions, including the latest 2.28.x release. The VMware Horizon PCoIP client as well as Citrix HDX RTME require a CPU with SSE2 instruction set. Page 3/20 10ZiG-‐NoTouchOS_ReleaseNotes_2.39.174.docx 16.12.2014 NoTouch OS Release Notes b r o u g h t t o y o u b y 1 0 Z i G • IMPORTANT: To be able to configure all new parameters you will need at least NoTouch Center 4.1.27.25. Several changes have been made to the way the OS is configured by NoTouch Center, especially with regards to the RCMD protocol. Older NoTouch Center versions cannot execute client actions on 2.38.193 and later. NoTouch OS 2.38.208 (August 2014) – Update to “Point Reyes” New Features • • • • • • • Update to Firefox 31.0 Update VMware View client to 2.3.4 (this was already present in intermediary images) Multiple versions of Citrix clients present in one image: 13.0 and 12.1 New Cisco VPN client functionality o Cisco IPSec client o OpenConnect o VPNC Fluendo Codec Pack support Infrastructure to support multiple versions of Citrix clients in one image New “download/remote sync” functionality for certificates, ppds, codecs, templates, pcsc drivers, etc. Improvements • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Update FabulaTech to 5.0.5 Add TCPRecvBufferSize parameter to Citrix parameters Update FreeRDP 1.2 Extra warning before wiping the disk (mentions damage potential on flash disks and duration) Implement token-‐based RCMD (more secure, needs Center 4.1.27.28+) Use SHA-‐512-‐hashed shadow passwords Implement privilege separation for Firefox (i.e. Firefox run as non-‐privileged user) K313 images can run inside Hyper-‐V Use separate password for standalone VNC shadowing (not admin password) Use generated tokens for VNC authentication via management console SpeechMike support for FreeRDP The background logo is now configurable (independent from the background wallpaper) Allow a master configuration to be set when using WebDAV Save syslog/dmesg data of early boot-‐up for later diagnostics Improve the display of diagnostic data Evidian – terminate RDP settings on card remove (if desired) Support Web frontend of Dell/Quest vWorkspace (.pit files) in Firefox Add a command-‐line tool (setMCUrl) to set the management console URL Update Dropbear SSH client Fixed problems • • • • “Fix a problem on Citrix password change” “Static IP configuration on wireless interfaces may not work” “If Firefox is used, a user may place an authorized_keys file for root SSH login” (security) “Latest version broke EAP authentication in some circumstances” Page 4/20 10ZiG-‐NoTouchOS_ReleaseNotes_2.39.174.docx 16.12.2014 NoTouch OS Release Notes b r o u g h t t o y o u b y 1 0 Z i G Compatibility • • This release requires devices with at 128 MB Flash/Hard drive (depending on actual image, of course) and 256 MB RAM, we recommend 512 MB RAM. For machines with less memory please use older versions, including the latest 2.28.x release. Please note: Certain applications, most notably the VMware Horizon View with PCoIP, need at least 512 MB RAM. The PCoIP client also needs a CPU with SSE2 instruction set. IMPORTANT: To be able to configure all new parameters you will need at least NoTouch Center 4.1.27.25. Several changes have been made to the way the OS is configured by NoTouch Center, especially with regards to the RCMD protocol. Older NoTouch Center versions cannot execute client actions on 2.38.193 and later. NoTouch OS 2.38.120 (June 2014) – Update to “Point Reyes” New Features • • • • • • Update to Firefox 30.0 Support HP t620/t620+ series Add SPICE XPI New parameters for o NumLock on connection start o Use of Alt+PrintScreen Battery status icon in taskbar Allow custom order/sort keys of desktop icons Improvements • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Add Battery information hotkey Ctrl-‐Alt-‐b Use Citrix Receiver ICA-‐13.0.2.265571 Support files are now named according their inner folder name Keep last run/log files for support file analysis Update to libssl to 1.0+ Internal changes for easier generation of k206, k305, k313 images Allow to add CPU and network load monitors to taskbar Add WYSE 60 (wy60) emulator Use a real xterm instead of rxvt Update certificates Allow to place your own custom PCSC drivers in /config/pcsc/drivers Update to Syslinux 6.02 and Unetbootin 6.03 Example VMX file now has more memory, 2 vCPUs, more disk space Add new USB/PCI device databases Update Verde SPICE to 7.1.0-‐23945 Add IRTOUCH touchpad driver Update Broadcom wireless driver Update OpenVPN binary Generic xinerama xorg.conf facility Preliminary support for Ericom Blaze [special images only] Page 5/20 10ZiG-‐NoTouchOS_ReleaseNotes_2.39.174.docx 16.12.2014 NoTouch OS Release Notes b r o u g h t t o y o u b y 1 0 Z i G Fixed problems • “With FreeRDP 1.1, the local login dialog was displayed even with NLA deactivated (double login)” Compatibility • • This release requires devices with at 128 MB Flash/Hard drive (depending on actual image, of course) and 256 MB RAM, we recommend 512 MB RAM. For machines with less memory please use older versions, including the latest 2.28.x release. Please note: Certain applications, most notably the VMware Horizon View with PCoIP, need at least 512 MB RAM. The PCoIP client also needs a CPU with SSE2 instruction set. IMPORTANT: To be able to configure all new parameters you will need at least NoTouch Center 4.1.27.18. Several changes have been made to the way the OS is configured by NoTouch Center, especially with regards to printers, drivers, display and startup session parameters. Using latest NoTouch Center is strongly advised. NoTouch OS 2.38.42 (April 2014) – Update to “Point Reyes” New Features • • • • Integrate new FreeRDP 1.2 additionally to existing client versions Remote Desktop Web Broker support Update to Firefox 28.0 Integrate FabulaTech USB-‐over-‐Network [preliminary] Improvements • • • • • • • • • • Firefox will now launch .rdp files Firefox connections can configure FreeRDP parameters Update 2XClient to 11.0.1892 Add several new X11 drivers Update to OpenSSL 0.9.8y Update timzone database tzdata to 2014a-‐1 Update Citrix HDX RTME to 1.4.0-‐902 Fix several inaccurate parameter descriptions regarding CD-‐ROM and floppy support Better sis671 chipset resolution detection Add OpenVPN functionality [preliminary] Page 6/20 10ZiG-‐NoTouchOS_ReleaseNotes_2.39.174.docx 16.12.2014 NoTouch OS Release Notes b r o u g h t t o y o u b y 1 0 Z i G Fixed problems • • “In some rare circumstances the VMware Horizon View client would not auto-‐start at boot” “Setting Citrix HDX/Flash parameters could cause ICA connection to fail to start” Compatibility • • This release requires devices with at 128 MB Flash/Hard drive (depending on actual image, of course) and 256 MB RAM, we recommend 512 MB RAM. For machines with less memory please use older versions, including the latest 2.28.x release. Please note: Certain applications, most notably the VMware Horizon View with PCoIP need at least 512 MB RAM. IMPORTANT: To be able to configure all new parameters you will need at least NoTouch Center 4.1.27.10. Several changes have been made to the way the OS is configured by NoTouch Center, especially with regards to printers, drivers, display and startup session parameters. Using latest NoTouch Center is strongly advised. Page 7/20 10ZiG-‐NoTouchOS_ReleaseNotes_2.39.174.docx 16.12.2014 NoTouch OS Release Notes b r o u g h t t o y o u b y 1 0 Z i G NoTouch OS 2.38.0 (March 2014) – “Point Reyes” New Features • • • • • • • • New Citrix Receiver 13 (already present in 2.37.64) New VMware Horizon View Client 2.3.0-‐1551379 (already present in 2.37.110) New Firefox 27.0.1 Dell/Quest vWorkspace 7.6 Better SSH implementation with more configurability and central authorized_keys distribution Evidian Authentication support Slideshow screensaver Cron: Schedule regular tasks, for example shutting down automatically Improvements • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Citrix Dynamic Drive Mapping now supported additionally to our traditional mechanism New parameters for Citrix 13 features such as tile decoding, UDP audio, H.264 text tracking New, reliable mechanism for accessing SD cards, CDROM and other removable-‐media drives Add smartcard drivers to VMware View VMware DaaS/Desktone enhancements o Support remote apps (RDP) o Sync with other FreeRDP options VDI-‐in-‐a-‐Box can now use all Citrix connection options Update SSHd/Dropbear to very latest 2013.62 Include he_IL (Hebrew, Israel) locale Add debug mode for pcscd Update Java to Java 7u51 Updated Go-‐Global to 4.8.1.20079 Update 2XClient Updated pcsc middleware to 1.8.10 and libccid to 1.4.13 Add Penmount touchscreen driver It is now possible to select if /dev/random or /dev/urandom is used Syndaemon allows to deactivate touchpad while keyboard in use New parameter for X11 VScreensize Additional certificates Use new removable disk module handler (udisk) Custom IceWM parameters: Preferences, PrefOverride, Toolbar In reconnecting connections, avoid a necessary reboot when the configuration changes Fixed problems • • • • • • “Printing would not work under some circumstances in Dell/Quest vWorkspace” “SD cards or CD media would not show up after inserting” “User-‐configured WiFis would not be saved under some circumstances” “Citrix Font Smoothing and Audio Quality settings were not active under some circumstances” “Fix a quoting-‐related error in remote drives” “Fix a pathname issue when uploading certificates etc from Internet Explorer” Page 8/20 10ZiG-‐NoTouchOS_ReleaseNotes_2.39.174.docx 16.12.2014 NoTouch OS Release Notes b r o u g h t t o y o u b y 1 0 Z i G Compatibility • • This release requires devices with at 128 MB Flash/Hard drive (depending on actual image, of course) and 256 MB RAM, we recommend 512 MB RAM. For machines with less memory please use older versions, including the latest 2.28.x release. Please note: Certain applications, most notably the VMware Horizon View with PCoIP need at least 512 MB RAM. IMPORTANT: To be able to configure all new parameters you will need at least NoTouch Center 4.1.27. Several changes have been made to the way the OS is configured by NoTouch Center, especially with regards to printers, drivers, display and startup session parameters. Using latest NoTouch Center is strongly advised. NoTouch OS 2.37.0 (August 2013) – “Hetch Hetchy” New Features • • • • • • • • • New VMware Horizon View Client 2.1-‐1213173 (already present in intermediate release 2.36.96) New Firefox 23.0.1 New builds of FreeRDP 1.1 and FreeRDP 1.0.3 Unified login for connections and Enterprise WiFi/801.X authentication (authentication passthru) WiFi chooser enabling end users to connect to WiFi networks on their own (Alt-‐Ctrl-‐w) Hotkey for switching between multi-‐screen configuration for end-‐users (Alt-‐Ctrl-‐d or laptop monitor key) Updated Java VM to Java 7 Support IEEE 802.1Q tagged VLANs Support “configuration preload” now also for Live Boot Improvements • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Incorporate “use printcap” functionality for Citrix Receiver (CTX133093) By default, HDX RTME is switched off now Increase “Wait For Network” default value to 25 Allow to choose between different FreeRDP versions Directly support PFX certificates Add a fakeXinerama module for certain display adapters that virtually present one screen to the system instead of two monitors Improved local window manager and desktop icons for dual-‐monitor operation Add a parameter to explicitly set the primary monitor Use a kernel-‐based mechanism to detect hotkeys Updated Flash to 11.2.202.297 Collect battery information and send to management console Add more information to the information shown on the on-‐screen-‐display after Ctrl-‐Alt-‐S keypress Identify (Ctrl-‐Alt-‐I) now uses the on-‐screen-‐display instead of a dialog box Sort Display, Printer, FreeRDP and rdesktop parameters logically Add newest Philips SpeechMike Citrix Virtual Channel drivers Made acpid not write the “exiting” message to the system console during shutdown Certificates are installed immediately after uploading to the system (without reboot) Improve operation on certain SiS chipsets (sisimedia driver) Support and allow to disable EEE (Energy Efficient Ethernet) Newest ethtool version Page 9/20 10ZiG-‐NoTouchOS_ReleaseNotes_2.39.174.docx 16.12.2014 NoTouch OS Release Notes b r o u g h t t o y o u b y 1 0 Z i G • • • • • Update various drivers (E1000e, Ralink, iwlagn, tg3) Improved internal logging and display of messages Better handling of filesystem check after unclean shutdown Support WiFi roaming Manageability enhancements with NoTouch Center 4.1.26 and above o Remove internal requirement for _tcstartup session o Make the “primary interface” setting in NoTouch Center obsolete Fixed problems • • • • • • • • “Timezone redirection does not work with FreeRDP” “Fullscreen RDP sessions would not let certain local windows to appear” “FreeRDP would display a strange message when logging off from Windows 8” “TeamViewer would not allow to move windows” “Citrix windows may flicker under certain circumstances” “Updating a USB stick might not work” “The local configuration can display exceptions under certain circumstances“ “PXE-‐boot might not work with network cards requiring the tg3 driver” Compatibility • • • Release 2.37 requires devices with at least 128 MB Flash (depending on actual image, of course) and 256 MB RAM. For machines with less memory please use older versions, including the latest 2.28.x release. Please note: Certain applications, most notably the VMware Horizon View with PCoIP need at least 512 MB RAM. While the 2.3x series builds on a complete new OS, it was carefully designed to be compatible to the behavior of 2.28. However, no warranty can be given for backwards compatibility. IMPORTANT: To be able to configure all new parameters you will need at least NoTouch Center 4.1.26. Several changes have been made to the way the OS is configured by NoTouch Center, especially with regards to printers, drivers, display and startup session parameters. Using latest NoTouch Center is strongly advised. NoTouch OS 2.36.0 (May 2013) – “Leavitt Peak” New Features • • • • • New VMware Horizon View Client 2.0-‐1049726 (already present in intermediate release 2.35.41) New Firefox 20.0 Incorporated Citrix RealTime Media Engine / Microsoft Lync Optimization Kit Support Verde SPICE 6.6-‐r660.16697 Disk wipe feature on installer (Genesis) o ATA Secure Erase and traditional overwrite Improvements • Firefox will now read custom added certificates automatically into its certificate store Page 10/20 10ZiG-‐NoTouchOS_ReleaseNotes_2.39.174.docx 16.12.2014 NoTouch OS Release Notes b r o u g h t t o y o u b y 1 0 Z i G • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • New login dialog o Nicer graphics o Nicer connection icons Citrix configuration improvements o Ability to add, edit, overwrite and remove any Citrix INI file parameter o Citrix configuration templates refactored o Color depth handling improved o Audio input is now on by default! o Removed older fixes regarding window decorations that were not used with current ICA client Boot loader improvements o Now text-‐only to avoid flashing a graphic for a very short time o Password is directly taken from configuration password and stored as MD5 hash New encryption algorithm for passwords stored in configuration Non-‐ASCII characters in configuration are replaced with XML/HTML entities, instead of being discarded The GENESIS installer is now much more informative Update shadowing/VNC server Show version information of additional packages if they are present in the Information page Update embedded SSH server to latest version Update Go-‐Global client to 4.6 Clearer description of several parameters, including: o Screensaver timeouts and announce interval, units added o Internal CD-‐ROM clarified Renamed VMware View to VMware Horizon View where applicable and Quest vWorkspace Improve Ctrl-‐Alt-‐s hotkey: Show more information, firmware version and free memory Certificates: Will try to generate PEM/CRT format from user input, if possible Support Google Chrome [not in standard images] Fixed problems • • • • • • “Shadowing sometimes does not transport Shift key” “Using non-‐ASCII character such as German umlauts can lead to an error in the configuration application” “Adding a printer locally to the FreeRDP configuration generates an error” “System may not power-‐off when shut down from Control Center” “Downloaded certificates are not replaced properly by a newer version” “Citrix user password change when expired failed under some circumstances” Compatibility • • • Release 2.36 requires devices with at least 128 MB Flash (depending on actual image, of course) and 256 MB RAM. For machines with less memory please use older versions, including the latest 2.28.x release. While the 2.3x series builds on a complete new OS, it was carefully designed to be compatible to the behavior of 2.28. However, no warranty can be given for backwards compatibility. To be able to configure all new parameters you will need at least NoTouch Center 4.1.25. NoTouch OS 2.35.0 (February 2013) – “Sonora” Page 11/20 10ZiG-‐NoTouchOS_ReleaseNotes_2.39.174.docx 16.12.2014 NoTouch OS Release Notes b r o u g h t t o y o u b y 1 0 Z i G New Features • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • “Network Manager” – GUI application for end users to chose wireless networks with authentication New VMware View Client 1.7.0-‐941674 (already present in intermediate release 2.34.167) o Support FreeRDP as RDP client next to rdesktop and of course PCoIP o Allow fallback to USB forwarder 1.5.0 o Detailed USB forwarder configuration parameters New Firefox 18.0.2 and Flash Plugin 11.2.260.270 and much improved Firefox configuration o Kiosk: Start Firefox maximized/fullscreen, with or without menu, tab and navigation bar o Lock preferences dialog o Do Not Track setting o Detailed proxy configuration Easier image structure: -‐10ZIG-‐ image fits both PCs and TCs Add Quest vWorkspace 7.5 client Added connection modes for TeamViewer and SAPGUI (for images that include the applications only) A Stratodesk Virtual Appliance in the same subnet will be found automatically and the system will announce itself there if not yet bound to a specific management application Security – HTTPS/SSL o Builtin webserver is now running on HTTPS by default (with self-‐signed certificate) o OS will try to talk to management software over HTTPS first o Introduce parameters to control HTTPS behavior: default is always “HTTPS first” Customer now has the ability to blacklist kernel modules to improve hardware support Images now include a signed “manifest” XML document with detailed version information Add Japanese locale and Chinese fonts [selected images only] Improved multimonitor/fullscreen support o Window manager span across all monitors o VMware View and Citrix span parameters and default values o Forcing same resolution on cloned desktops now possible LaunchPA (“Citrix/One application or desktop”) connection mode now allows to change expired passwords PC OS activation with serial numbers (without management app) possible Thin Client device support: o 10ZiG: E-‐series, U-‐series o VXL: D-‐, F-‐ and G-‐series o HP: t510, t610 Improvements • • • • • • • • VMware View Client 1.7 makes mapCADelIns obsolete VMware USB forwarder can be started “at VMware session”, not disturbing Citrix-‐only users and vice versa Information dialog improvements o Now available only after logging in (security – do not expose information) o Less cluttered but includes information about management URL resolution o Version information is now given for many more modules Internal software infrastructure renewed Dillo (HTML widget) renewed with SSL support When PXE-‐booted from Stratodesk Virtual Appliance, system will announce to management console in Virtual Appliance without extra efforts Update SSH server to latest version that is not susceptible to a remote root vulnerability (Note: this vulnerability did not apply to NoTouch systems so this update was not strictly necessary) Locale data cleanups Page 12/20 10ZiG-‐NoTouchOS_ReleaseNotes_2.39.174.docx 16.12.2014 NoTouch OS Release Notes b r o u g h t t o y o u b y 1 0 Z i G • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Add Eventscripts/Startup 0 command which is intended for kernel module manipulation Preloaded configuration on USB drives o For installation, use config.cfg o For live-‐boot, use /config/000 with unpacked configuration data (overrides /config/$MACADDR) PXE boot improvements: o When PXE-‐booted, system will check for available memory and display warning and/or error messages o Image configuration protocol support specifically for Stratodesk Virtual Appliance o Allow being booted both by download and NBD CUBA driver updates: Include Realtek r8101, r8169 Many stability improvements to built-‐in webserver License check more flexible and easier for customer Updated built-‐in Teamviewer to 7.0.9377 Driver improvements: o SiS graphics sis/sis671 o Realtek R8168 o VX900 support o AR81Family-‐linux-‐v1.0.1.14 o Broadcom Wireless LAN o Add Atheros Ath9k Fireware files o Intel E1000 and E1000e o TG3 Citrix Receiver/ICA client improvements o New workaround for ICA grey screen problem o Default Printer setting now sent to server also for LaunchPA/PN Switch default Java JVM to Java 1.6 FreeRDP has audio forwarding on by default Support Java 7 (special images) Improve monitor/resolution detection if no EDID information can be found Icewm o Add parameter for NET_WORKAREA behavior X.org by default uses –nolisten tcp parameter – add parameter to control behavior Wireless USB devices: o Ralink rt2x00 USB wireless device, VIA 040d:3801 (Atheros chip), Realtek 148f:3572, Broadcom 14e4:4359, Edimax Ralink 7392:7711 Cherry eGK-‐CTAPI updated to 1.1.0.8 Misc. parameter description improvements Synchronized parameters and default values with management application Filter unprintable / control characters from HW inventory data that is sent to management On bootup, system will wait until the network is finished before starting autostart-‐connections (default 10 seconds maximum) RCMD management service (UDP-‐based) can be switched off separately and protected by an IP-‐allow list More pulseaudio controls Add Irish and Latin America keyboards Remove dead code regarding pre-‐2.2x configuration import Fixed problems • “CUBA module – firmware update -‐ did not work when the DMI/SM-‐BIOS serial number has spaces in it (this is academic – no real-‐world PC is known to have such a problem)” Page 13/20 10ZiG-‐NoTouchOS_ReleaseNotes_2.39.174.docx 16.12.2014 NoTouch OS Release Notes b r o u g h t t o y o u b y 1 0 Z i G • • • • • • • • • • • • • • “Citrix USB forwarder does not work because it is started too short before the actual ICA client” “Citrix USB forwarder would not forward devices unless plugged out and back in” “Hardware inventory is not sent to management console correctly” “CUBA interactive mode broken on several systems” “Support files may be damaged” “Boot menu now mentions correct boot options: xyz-‐verbose instead of xyz-‐safe” “Battery warning may go off in system where the BIOS is providing incorrect battery state information” “Parameter error in US/Samoa timezone” “Internal configuration application deadlocked in obscure situations” “Certificates with a space in filename were not accepted” “Management console could not shutdown device in some situations” “CUBA lacking Broadcom b44 driver, crippling PXE-‐boot in such situations” “With the Citrix USB forwarder, deny rules could have blocked allow rules in an unintended way” “Citrix VDI-‐in-‐a-‐box 5.1 and newer Java client would not load” Compatibility • • Release 2.35 requires devices with at least 128 MB Flash (depending on actual image, of course) and 256 MB RAM. To be able to configure all new parameters you will need at least NoTouch Center 4.1.24. Page 14/20 10ZiG-‐NoTouchOS_ReleaseNotes_2.39.174.docx 16.12.2014 NoTouch OS Release Notes b r o u g h t t o y o u b y 1 0 Z i G NoTouch OS 2.34.0 (July 2012) New Features • • • • • • New VMware View Client 1.5 (already present in intermediate release 2.33.24) New Firefox 14.0 Act as PXE boot server Device support for LISCON L35 and Futro A300 Quad-‐Display-‐Mode on HP t610+ (multimonitor mode “Matrix”) Graphical splash screen support (enabled by default) Improvements • • • • • • • • • • First-‐time-‐wizard allows to set LaunchPA data and immediately changes language Show DMI product and CPU data in Information window Misc. translation updates Incorporate new, faster VIA graphics driver Desktone updates o Support NX with Desktone API o RDP with NLA/Certificate improvements Minor boot-‐up code improvements Refactored Num-‐Lock handling in X.org Add smartcard reader driver pcsc-‐cyberjack 3.99.5 NX client default resolution changed to “fullscreen” from “available” Add a parameter to decide if session error message should be displayed always, never or excluded on reconnect Fixed problems • • • • • “Merged mode did not work properly on L32 in some circumstances” “Swiss French keyboard gave problems” “Login dialog may not accept the Enter key on the numeric keypad” “ELO touchscreen calibration had problems” “WPASupplicant configuration was not correctly implemented when set by remote management” Compatibility • • • Release 2.34 requires devices with at least 128 MB Flash (depending on actual image, of course) and 256 MB RAM. For machines with less memory please use the latest release of the 2.28 series. While the 2.3x series builds on a complete new OS, it was carefully designed to be compatible to the behavior of 2.28. However, no warranty can be given for backwards compatibility. To be able to configure all new parameters you will need at least NoTouch Center 4.1.23 or an earlier NoTouch Center with parameterset-‐4123i-‐2012-‐07-‐20.jar. Page 15/20 10ZiG-‐NoTouchOS_ReleaseNotes_2.39.174.docx 16.12.2014 NoTouch OS Release Notes b r o u g h t t o y o u b y 1 0 Z i G NoTouch OS 2.33.2 (May 2012) New Features • • • • • • • • • • • New Citrix Receiver 12.1 o Flash Redirection and USB support are now “on” by default o Citrix USB redirection improvements: usb.conf is configurable, no reboot necessary to switch on USB redirection o Citrix configuration menu is now better structured and ordered Firefox 12.0 with Flash Plugin 11.2 Native Citrix VDI-‐in-‐a-‐box support New Network Authentication (WPA 2, IEEE 802.1X) module Device support for HP t610 TeamViewer support for easy support [selected images only] Configuration preload on installation Certificate download on boot time (single file or ZIP archive) Available updates are shown in “Information” dialog ELO touch screen drivers (preliminary, unsupported) Virtual (On-‐screen) keyboard xvkbd (unsupported add-‐on) Improvements • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Much improved time and timezone handling o Time zones are configurable as option list, with most common ones on top o System uses ntp.org pool time servers by default o Choose time zone already in first-‐time wizard, have it being set without reboot FreeRDP now supports and uses NLA by default o Does not require to set terminal servers to “allow unsafe connections” any more Support booting with splash screen instead of textual messages Improve Quest vWorkspace configurability by adding configuration options rd Other 3 -‐party client software updates o Update NX client to 3.5.0-‐7 o Support 2X Client 10.1.1238 Enhanced X.org/Window manager configurability: o Xserverrc, xinitrc, reloadDesktop shell hooks o Icewm window options and Xresources can be configured Add user-‐defined hotkeys o Allow to start connections by hotkeys Several session modes now support being started without entering a Windows domain o Parameter to switch domain entry text field on or off Fix some French translation problems Make the order of several parameter groups more logical Update SSL/X.509 PKI certificates as of early April 2012 Do not require a reboot to stop the “demo version” dialog after assigning license The Linux-‐specific “VT-‐switch” by hotkey is now configurable, default is off System serial number/asset tag is now read also in live mode Upstream Linux merges Fixed problems Page 16/20 10ZiG-‐NoTouchOS_ReleaseNotes_2.39.174.docx 16.12.2014 NoTouch OS Release Notes b r o u g h t t o y o u b y 1 0 Z i G • • • • • • • • • • • “In GENESIS (the installer) restore would not work under some circumstances” “Citrix ‘Desktop Appliance Mode’ might not have been set correctly” “VMware View client refuses to start session with certain non-‐standard window-‐size settings” “Auto-‐mounting of CD-‐ROMs would not work” “Running the OS inside a VMware VM makes the fonts being uncomfortably big” “Add a filesystem check to avoid problems because of filesystem corruption” “Fix problems with the Siemens Tri-‐modal keyboard” “Serial numbers with a space character are not recognized correctly during installation” “Quest vWorkspace might refuse to connect under some circumstances” “Connection icons disappear during reconfiguration in very rare circumstances until next reboot” “If there is no EDID/DDC information, no reasonable default exists with some (and only some drivers); instead set it to 1024x768” Compatibility • • • Release 2.33 requires devices with at least 128 MB Flash (depending on actual image, of course) and 256 MB RAM. For machines with less memory please use the latest release of the 2.28 series. While the 2.3x series builds on a complete new OS, it was carefully designed to be compatible to the behavior of 2.28. However, no warranty can be given for backwards compatibility. To be able to configure all new parameters you will need at least NoTouch Center 4.1.22 or an earlier Center with parameterset-‐4122i-‐2012-‐05-‐07.jar. NoTouch OS 2.32.0 (March 2012) New Features • • • • • • • • New VMware View Client 1.4.0-‐639205 (the long-‐awaited successor to 4.6.0) Firefox 10.0.2 with Flash Plugin 11.1 New FreeRDP 1.1 (with RemoteFX) Connect to Desktone hosted virtual desktops Citrix VDI-‐in-‐a-‐box/Kaviza support New JavaWebStart connection mode SPICE protocol support Device support for HP t510 Improvements • • • • • • • • • • Improve graphics under VMware and VirtualBox Newer rdesktop version Add a feature to play a test sound Experimental way of running the Citrix client without windows manager to improve Flash redirection Support more Broadcom wireless cards New kernel compile Upstream Linux merges (security fixes, basic package updates) Cache cleaning for persistence mode Remove old esd subsystem in favor of pulseaudio Desktop icons now are positioned better (more space, not so close to the screen borders) Page 17/20 10ZiG-‐NoTouchOS_ReleaseNotes_2.39.174.docx 16.12.2014 NoTouch OS Release Notes b r o u g h t t o y o u b y 1 0 Z i G Fixed problems • • • • • • • • • “Siemens trimodal keyboard might not work with ICA” “Hardware inventory was not collecting monitor data when connected to digital output” “USB keyboard might not be detected in all images and cases” “Firefox might hang on plugin invocation” “Citrix client 12 can produce a grey screen” “Older VMware View client 4.6.0 produces a black screen on reconnect” “SMB/CIFS network share mounting may have failed” “Missing gconv-‐1250 character set conversion” “Wrong CapsLock behavior on Swiss German keyboard layout with rdesktop” Compatibility • • • Release 2.32 requires devices with at least 128 MB Flash and 256 MB RAM. For machines with less memory please use the latest release of the 2.28 series. While the 2.3x series builds on a complete new OS, it was carefully designed to be compatible to the behavior of 2.28. However, no warranty can be given for backwards compatibility. To be able to configure all new parameters you will need at least LMC 4.1.21 or an earlier LMC with parameterset-‐4121i-‐2012-‐03-‐16.jar. NoTouch OS 2.31.0 (November 2011) New Features • • • • • • New Citrix Receiver 12.0.189834 Firefox 8.0 Flash Plugin 11.0 Persistence Framework for Live-‐Boot o Can store configuration information on local disk or WebDAV Much improved boot time Availability of firmware images with GZIP compressing instead of LZMA (slightly larger, but much faster boot time) Improvements • • • • • • Updated to newest tzdata timezone database LaunchPA and PN o Greatly improved session connect behavior with new XenDesktop and XenApp o Give descriptive error messages instead of “No connection file found” PN improvements: o StickToMenu setting o Only the connected/active session has disconnect/logout buttons Integrated PulseAudio sound server CDC/ACM device mapping for ICA and RDP Do not wait for management console during boot Fixed problems Page 18/20 10ZiG-‐NoTouchOS_ReleaseNotes_2.39.174.docx 16.12.2014 NoTouch OS Release Notes b r o u g h t t o y o u b y 1 0 Z i G • “System might not connect to XenApp 6.5 and XenDesktop 5.1” Compatibility • • • Release 2.31 requires devices with at least 128 MB Flash and 256 MB RAM. For machines with less memory please use the latest release of the 2.28 series. While the 2.3x series builds on a complete new OS, it was carefully designed to be compatible to the behavior of 2.28. However, no warranty can be given for backwards compatibility. To be able to configure all new parameters you will need at least LMC 4.1.20 or an earlier LMC with parameterset_20110823.jar. Roadmap • • New developments will be done primarily for the 2.3x series. 2.2x will be maintained targeting machines with less than 128 MB Flash and/or 256 MB RAM. NoTouch OS 2.30.0.9 (August 2011) New Features • • • • • Vastly improved general hardware support Automatic screen configuration Completely renewed underlying base system o New Linux kernel o New X-‐Server New FreeRDP with RemoteFX support Misc. thin client device support Compatibility • • • Release 2.30 requires devices with at least 128 MB Flash and 256 MB RAM. For machines with less memory please use release 2.28. While 2.30 is a complete new OS, it was carefully designed to be compatible to the behavior of 2.28. However, no warranty can be given for backwards compatibility. To be able to configure all new parameters you will need at least LMC 4.1.20 or an earlier LMC with parameterset_20110823.jar. Roadmap • • New developments will be done primarily for the 2.30 series. 2.2x will be maintained targeting machines with less than 128 MB Flash and/or 256 MB RAM. NoTouch OS 2.28.x and earlier Page 19/20 10ZiG-‐NoTouchOS_ReleaseNotes_2.39.174.docx 16.12.2014 NoTouch OS Release Notes b r o u g h t t o y o u b y 1 0 Z i G (please see the appropriate Release Notes document for the latest version of the LISCON OS 2.28 series) Page 20/20 10ZiG-‐NoTouchOS_ReleaseNotes_2.39.174.docx 16.12.2014
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