VMware has a great guide to setting up Linux as a Horizon desktop, but I find it lacking in some areas, although this is most likely due to the fact that there are different ways of using the Linux-specific technology to achieve the same goals. As I’m in no sense a Linux-expert, this has been planned for quite awhile. In this session I will venture into the “somewhat unknown”, VMware Horizon 8 Multi-session Linux desktops and apps.
Previously, this functionality demanded MS RDS with expensive licensing, but is now available with Linux. This is a very cool new feature that is very helpful in many use cases. Release Notes for VMware Horizon Version 2006. With the release of VMware Horizon 8, the possibility to use Linux multi session with Ubuntu and Red Hat was presented. Snap is now installed and ready to go! If you’re using a desktop, a great next step is to install the Snap Store app.Welcome to my VMware Horizon series. Hello-world 6.4 from Canonical✓ installed
To test your system, install the hello-world snap and make sure it runs correctly: $ sudo snap install hello-world Alternatively, from the command line, type lsb_release -a.įor versions of Ubuntu between 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) and 15.10 (Wily Werewolf), as well as Ubuntu flavours that don’t include snap by default, snap can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre by searching for snapd.Īlternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line: sudo apt updateĮither log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. If you need to know which version of Ubuntu you’re running, open Settings and select the About page. This means, if you’re running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) or later, including Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) and Ubuntu 23.04 (Lunar Lobster), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is pre-installed and ready to go on all recent releases of Ubuntu.
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