Best ConfGen Version ever released

Normally I am not patting myself on my back. However, the new version of ConfGen has cost me a lot of work and I really hope you will like it as much as I do.
The new version 8.0.0.1 has a brand new section for Dell Wyse Thin Linux.

All parameters up to version 1.0.3 are included now.
As this is the first implementation, I do hope that I haven’t made to many mistakes here. Be nice to me please 🙂

Second new part is ThinOS.
Of course, ThinOS is not new to ConfGen. However, I have included all new parameters for the upcoming 8.4_009 release planned for end of June.
Besides of all the new parameters, I have done some design changes.
There is a new dropdown field available, which is capable of selecting more than one value.

As you can see below, the field it auto-expanding in the moment you move your mouse pointer on it, showing all values with small checkboxes in front and as soon as you leave the box with your mouse pointer, it is shrinking automatically again showing a small green tick in front of the box to make clear, you have selected something.

The other change is the red alert sign in front of all fields that allow encryption. As you know, I am no longer allowed to encrypt any strings in ConfGen, as you all should use AES encryption instead. To make it clearer, I have added the red alert sign showing up as soon as you enter anything in such a field. You can hover over that sign to get a warning or click on it to get help on creating AES encrypted passwords.

Last but not least, I have modified all Comboboxes and Numeric fields to be read only to prevent entering wrong values. Also ConfGen is now saving the path of the last opened file for later use.

Let me know what you think about all these changes.

Wyse ThinLinux 1.03 available

Wyse ThinLinux 1.0.3 is now available with Wyse 3030 LT, 5020 and 7020 thin clients, in addition to Wyse 5060 already shipping with ThinLinux version 1.0.3 since January.
ThinLinux 1.0.3 upgrades Linux Kernel to version 4.4.
It also supports updated RDP, VMware Horizon client, Citrix receiver and Firefox browser.
New features include VMware Blast Extreme ready, Citrix HDX ready, Skype for Business RTME 2.1 and 4K monitor on Wyse 5060 thin client.
Dutch and Portuguese are additional languages supported by this version as well.
Along with the release Dell direct made an on-line upgrade available for Wyse 3030 LT, 5020, 7020 and 5060 thin clients. This ThinLinux version 1.0.3.1 adds support for Korean and Simplified Chinese languages.
As an optional add-on you can now also get Chrome browser.

Mini computing puck 3040 released

Yesterday Dell officially released their brand new Thin Client called 3040. This little puppy is only small in its dimensions.

As you can see from the pictures the client looks like an icehockey puck and is not much bigger. It measures only 101.6mm x 27.94 mm x 101.6 mm (HWD) but is packed full with the latest and greatest hardware components.
Based on an Intel Atom x5-Z8350 Quad Core 1.44GHz CPU, it is equipped with 2GB RAM, 8 GB flash for ThinOS and 16GB for the ThinLinux variant, 3 x USB 2.0, 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1, 2 x DisplayPorts and a RJ45 1 Gb/s network port. Optionally you can get it with inbuild Dual band 802.111 a/b/g/n/ac wireless and Bluetooth.
The graphic card supports up to 2560×1600@60Hz in dual screen mode, so each monitor can use that resolution.
And the best is, that this tiny box only needs 3.3 Watts in idle mode.
As written above, the unit will be available with ThinOS and ThinLinux.

SUSE Linux 11 SP3 MR8 build 11.3.110 released

Today Dell announced the release of the new SUSE Linux 11 SP3 MR8.

MR8 includes latest protocols:

Citrix ICA 13.4.2
VMware View client 4.3
support for Ericom InterConnect 11.0.3.0
security updates
bug fixes.

MR8 is an online upgrade only applies to the following Wyse Linux thin clients:

  • Wyse 5010 thin client with Linux (D50D)
  • Wyse 5020 thin client with Linux (D50Q)
  • Wyse 7010 thin client with Linux (Z50D)
  • Wyse 7020 thin client with Linux (Z50Q)
  • Wyse 7020 accelerated graphics thin client with Linux (Z50QQ)

Documentation and firmware download are available here

New ConfGen version online – 7.7.02

I have just uploaded the latest version of my Configuration Generator, ConfGen. The version number is 7.7.02 and beside some bugfixes (as always) I have updated the ThinOS part to support all parameters up to ThinOS 8.3_108 which will be released very soon.

I will update you when this ThinOS version will be publicly available and tell you all about the new features and settings in this version.

New Wyse 5060 client announced

5060

Yesterday Dell has announced the new and upcoming Wyse 5060 thin client which features an AMD 2.4GHz quad core processor that supports up to 8GB RAM and 64GB flash. This thin client supports dual 4K (3840×2160 @30Hz) monitors and provides six USB ports, two of which are USB 3.0 for high-speed peripherals, as well as two DisplayPort connectors, wired networking or optional 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac dual band wireless.
ThinOS and WES7P are the first two operating systems that will become available mid December. Windows 10 IoT is planned for January and Thin Linux for February release.

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Wyse ThinLinux 1.02 available

Dell has released the first update to its new SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (SLES 12) based Linux distribution. It is not a big update, but at least you can now use it in some non-english speaking countries and have a terminal emulation suite included.
Wyse ThinLinux supports the following Wyse thin clients:

  • Wyse 3030 LT thin client with ThinLinux
  • Wyse 5020 thin client with ThinLinux
  • Wyse 7020 thin client and Wyse 7020 quad display with ThinLinux

 

Feature highlights for ThinLinux 1.0.2 include:

  • Additional supported languages now include:
  • French
  • Spanish
  • German
  • Japanese
  • Ericom PowerTerm, which provides an effective and efficient way of connecting to legacy applications. This Terminal Emulation package is available as an optional add-on.

Two new mobile thin clients announced

On September 22nd Dell has announced two new mobile Thin Clients based on their Latitude business laptops.

The Latitude E7270 mobile thin client comes equipped with a powerful Intel i5 quad core processor with integrated HD graphics.
e7270
This thin client for on-the-go performance, offers a 12’’ display with a Full HD anti-glare display and longer battery life.

The Latitude E3460 mobile thin client has an Intel Celeron 3215U processor and Intel HD Graphics GT2 included.

Both units come with 8GB RAM and 128GB SSD, preinstalled WES7P, SD-card reader, USB 3 and USB 2 ports.
They are highly manageable through Wyse Device Manager (WDM), Wyse Cloud Client Manager and Microsoft’s System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM).

Dell becomes Dell Technology

After a long legal run, all the hurdles are put away now.

Dell and EMC will finally merge this week September 7th. After this merger Dell will become the largest privately controlled IT company in the world.
Pretty sure this will become a very interesting future for both companies and nevertheless employees and customers.

Synergy Wrap-up

Citrix Synergy was held end of May in sunny Las Vegas and Dell had one of the biggest show presence ever.

But not only having a big booth but also having a bag full of new and upcoming products.

  1. A new Linux version is coming. Dell has fully reworked the existing SUSE based Linux distribution they are selling right now. Aside with this rework the name has changed to ThinLinux.
    ThinLinux is based on SUSE 12 SP1 SLES and has a brand new GUI. Much more streamlined, much flatter, simpler, easier to use and support rich for unified communication.
    Release will be July 2016
  2. An updated version of ThinOS will also hit the market in July. It will include support for Lync optimization pack 1.8 and 2.0 at the same time. Along with that, there are tons of other new features, like
    – VMware Real Time Audio Video
    – Imprivata Bio-metric Single Sign-On
    – EAP-FAST authentication
    – Bluetooth support
    – Citrix icon refresh
    – RDP 8.1 new features
    – Amazon Web Services / Workspaces
    – Proxy support for CCM and Flash Redirection
    – Linux and Windows 10 desktop support
    – …
  3. “Dell Data Protection | Thread Protection” I have discussed this feature already in the last post
  4. Wyse 3030LT unit will get available in July 2016, a cost-effective, Intel based model for the broad market, available with either the new ThinOS 8.3 or new ThinLinux 1.0 firmware, it includes USB 3 and uses only 12 watts of energy
  5. New Wyse 7040 unit, which is a small formfactor, high performance unit, equipped with either a Intel i5 or i7 CPU, six USB 3 ports, support for a UHD 4K display, or three lower res displays daisy chained and much more, like TPM encryption, etc.
  6. Last but not least and also available in July, the new Wyse Device Manager 5.7. This will now fully support the already included webinterface, which was only in preview until now. It will also support Device Configuration for ThinOS, Linux and WES, plus a Profile Manager to assign these configuration per group.

As you can see, there was a lot going on at Synergy. Maybe we meet there next year.