The Chrome OS VMware Horizon client is currently putting out terrible performance on the secondary display (regardless of what display or output it is). The main goal I was looking to achieve by installing the linux client was better multi-monitor support. While I must say that it is changing at a pretty strong pace as the adoption of Chrome OS is rapidly increasing, there is a still a lot of room for maturity. At the time of this writing, late November 2018, the clients for Chrome OS are lacking features and performance that the full clients have had for years. Why am I even trying to get the Horizon Linux client to work on Chrome OS when there is a dedicated client already?Oh! Glad you asked.Enable Crostini using Forrest Smith’s guide here.Running Neverware’s CloudReady (free – installation information here).Installing VMware Horizon Linux Client on Chromium OS (CloudReady) using Crostini: I’m hoping to marry a lot of my EUC virtualization experience with advancing the client-side user experiences of said technologies within chromium OS.

I really believe that the operating system represents the end user computing model of the future (more on this in later posts). That said, expect more content surrounding my journey into the space. Recently I’ve taken a new career leap to do something new and exciting in the world of Chromium OS ( Chrome OS).

Chromebook horizon client