Bug 6199 - Dell Wyse ThinLinux isn't supported
Summary: Dell Wyse ThinLinux isn't supported
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: ThinLinc
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Client platforms (show other bugs)
Version: 1.3.1
Hardware: PC Unknown
: P2 Normal
Target Milestone: MediumPrio
Assignee: Peter Åstrand
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Reported: 2017-03-16 12:54 CET by Pierre Ossman
Modified: 2021-11-23 13:20 CET (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Pierre Ossman cendio 2017-03-16 12:54:59 CET
Dell Wyse has rolled out a new OS to replace their SUSE based Enhanced Linux, called ThinLinux. It was released last year and is the only Linux option on the latest round of hardware.

We need to check what it is and see how to get the ThinLinc client on there.
Comment 1 Pierre Ossman cendio 2017-04-18 16:27:00 CEST
We got a machine here now and it turns out that they are still using SUSE. But they have upgraded to SUSE Enterprise Linux Server 12 SP2. All the squashfs magic seems to be gone now, so I think it is a fairly standard SLES system with a heavily customised gnome 3 desktop.

Hopefully this means that our normal RPM packaging can be used right away on this system and just needs some hooks for their connection manager.
Comment 2 Pierre Ossman cendio 2018-05-30 11:24:18 CEST
They've now released ThinLinux 2.0, which is based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

They're web page is a mess though. No mention of the 1.0 vs 2.0 stuff when you browse terminals. And they don't even show ThinLinux in the overviews. It only pops up as a choice once you start customizing a device.
Comment 3 Pierre Ossman cendio 2018-05-30 14:02:13 CEST
From the ThinLinux 1.0.1 release notes:

> Policy for RPMs not certified by Dell
> RPMs from SUSE or third parties are allowed to install into ThinLinux. Dell does not support
> them. It would be customers’ responsibility to make sure not to break any Dell features.

And from the ThinLinux 2.0 data sheet:

> ThinLinux 2.0 opens doors to the world of apps available
> at Ubuntu 16.04 public repository, and makes the install
> process a breeze.

Looks promising.
Comment 4 Pierre Ossman cendio 2018-05-30 16:29:12 CEST
Support for the old version was removed in r33345, in case it turns out there are some parts we want to dig out for the new system.

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