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   * borrow a Notebook for a day in our UNIBZ Library - Notebooks can be used only inside Campus
-  * use your Personal Computer/Notebook/Tablet/Smart Phone - Accessible everywhere
+  * use your PC/Notebook or Tablet/SmartPhone - Accessible everywhere
+  * login with your UNIBZ credentials in PC-Labs E231, E331, E431, A518
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 The notebooks can be borrowed anytime during the normal opening hours of the Library: Mon.-Fri. 8am-7pm, Sat. 9am-5pm.
-===== Accessing virtual desktops =====
+===== Use your PC/Notebook =====
-==== PC Labs ====
+Point your browser at [[https://desktop.scientificnet.org/]].
+You can select:
+  * Install VMware Horizon Client (recommended)
+  * VMware Horizon HTML Access (if for any reason you cannot install the client)
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-Virtual desktops are available the PC labs E331/E431/E531 in the E building. To access them just power on a PC and choose
-) View Client  - VDI Desktop
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-The VMware View client starts and in a couple of seconds the login dialog will pop up. Please choose UNIBZ as you domain ant type in your username and password.
+==== Install VMware Horizon Client ====
+You can download the clients for:
+  * Linux
+  * Mac
+  * Windows
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+=== Linux ===
+  - Download the Horizon Client installer file. The name of the file is VMware-Horizon-Client-x.x.x-yyyyyyy.arch.bundle.
+  - Open a Terminal window and change directories to the directory where you downloaded the installer.
+  - Run the installer by executing <code> sudo sh ./VMware-Horizon-Client-x.x.x-yyyyyyy.arch.bundle</code>
+  - Follow the promts to finish the installation.
+<note important>You are prompted to allow the installer to register and start installed services after the installation. Allowing the installer to complete these tasks means that you will not need to manually start USB redirection services every time you reboot, and you will not need to manually enable the virtual printing feature.</note>
-At this point you have access to different resources. You can start your virtual desktop by choosing **Windows 10 - PC Labs**. The first run will take a couple of minutes to log you in to your desktop.
+After installation is complete, specify whether to perform the compatibility scan for libraries that various feature components are dependent on. Log information about the installation is recorded in /tmp/vmware-root/vmware-installer-pid.log
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+The official guide for the current version is available [[https://www.vmware.com/pdf/horizon-view/horizon-client-linux-42-document.pdf|here]]
 ==== Your PC/MAC/Android/iOS/Linux device ====
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+==== PC Labs ====
+Virtual desktops are available the PC labs E231/E331/E431/A518 in the E and A building. To access them just power on a PC and choose
+) View Client  - VDI Desktop
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+The VMware View client starts and in a couple of seconds the login dialog will pop up. Please choose UNIBZ as you domain ant type in your username and password.
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+At this point you have access to different resources. You can start your virtual desktop by choosing **Windows 10 - PC Labs**. The first run will take a couple of minutes to log you in to your desktop.
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