Release Notes
Table Of Contents
- Dell Wyse ThinOS Version 8.6 and ThinOS Lite 2.6 Operating System Release Notes
- Contents
- Overview
- Version matrix
- ThinOS 8.6_807
- ThinOS 8.6_710
- Release summary
- Compatibility
- New and enhanced features
- Supports display rotation to flip 180 degrees
- Support for Inclusive language
- Enable or disable the Citrix Self Service Password Reset pin icon and pin change
- Support to disable the default behavior of Client discovery methods
- Enable Home wireless setup when user privilege set to None
- Support for DelayReboot feature
- Important notes
- Fixed issues
- INI parameters
- Known issues
- ThinOS 8.6_606
- ThinOS 8.6_511
- ThinOS 8.6_412 and ThinOS Lite 2.6_412
- Release summary
- Compatibility
- New and enhanced features
- ENERGY STAR 8.0 compliance
- Network icons added to Zero desktop
- Security warning for anonymous user
- Supports End User License Agreement
- Mouse cursor accuracy
- Supports South Asia smart card and middleware
- Supports RDS 2019
- Support U49 monitors and bloomberg keyboard with Horizon Broker connection
- New INI parameters available for Teradici cloud access
- Updated cipher suits
- New system variables for ethernet and wireless MAC addresses
- Supports secure RDP
- Important notes
- INI parameters
- Fixed issues
- Known issues
- ThinOS 8.6_303 and ThinOS Lite 2.6_303
- Release summary
- Compatibility
- New and enhanced features
- Network icon added to taskbar
- Show Key feature for Wyse Management Suite group token
- Change registration code for Amazon WorkSpaces
- Wyse Management Suite Proxy information using DHCP options or DNS SRV records
- Supports RC4_HMAC_MD5 for RDP connections
- Limit core dumps by clearing NVRAM
- ENERGY STAR 8 compliance
- Supports TicTok smart cards
- Important notes
- INI parameters
- Fixed issues
- Known issues
- ThinOS 8.6_206 and ThinOS Lite 2.6_206
- Release summary
- Compatibility
- New and enhanced features
- Important notes
- INI parameters
- Fixed issues
- Known issue
- ThinOS 8.6_028 and ThinOS Lite 2.6_028
- ThinOS 8.6_204
- ThinOS 8.6_111
- ThinOS 8.6_108
- Release summary
- Compatibility
- New and enhanced features
- Display features
- DP audio port feature
- Troubleshooting features
- Frames per second (FPS) display
- Text color customization on login window
- Smart card as Proximity Card of Imprivata
- New system variable for MAC address
- Reconnect workflow for VMware Horizon View broker
- VMware Horizon package
- Teradici Cloud Access broker type
- Username Hint option for VMware Horizon View broker
- Touchpad
- Wyse Management Suite support
- New connection under low privilege
- Battery information
- Behavior while closing the lid
- Fn key combinations
- FR package
- Network features and limitations
- Docking station features and limitations
- SD card reader
- Sleep mode
- Touch Panel
- Important notes
- INI parameters
- Known issues
- ThinOS 8.6_106
- Release summary
- Compatibility
- New and enhanced features
- Display resolution
- DP audio port
- Troubleshooting features
- On-Screen Display (OSD) feature
- Frames per second (FPS) display
- Text color customization on login window
- Smart card as Proximity Card of Imprivata
- New system variable for MAC address
- Reconnect workflow for VMware Horizon View broker
- VMware Horizon package
- Teradici Cloud Access broker type
- Username Hint option for VMware Horizon View broker
- Wyse Management Suite support
- New connection under low privilege
- FR package
- Sleep mode
- Important notes
- INI parameters
- Known issues
- ThinOS 8.6_027 and ThinOS Lite 2.6_027
- ThinOS 8.6_024 and ThinOS Lite 2.6_024
- ThinOS 8.6_019 and ThinOS Lite 2.6_019
- ThinOS 8.6_015
- ThinOS 8.6_013
- Release scope
- Release type and definition
- Supported platform
- BIOS information
- Packages
- Feature support matrix
- Citrix Receiver feature matrix
- VMware Horizon feature matrix
- Important notes
- New and enhanced features
- Cisco Jabber Softphone for VDI
- Update RTME package to 2.5
- Upgrade Horizon package to version 4.8
- VMware Horizon Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business
- Multiple logins with Citrix and VMware Horizon
- BIOS update
- Export and restore BIOS settings
- Package version check
- Telnet
- Disable DisplayPort audio
- Report locally attached devices to Wyse Device Manager
- Vertical Synchronization
- PCoIP connections using Teradici Remote Workstation card
- Okta integration through Citrix NetScaler
- Display selection when launching RDP connection in full screen
- Desktop scaling factor for RDP connection
- Icon folders for StoreFront interface
- Caradigm Way2Care enhancement
- Wireless IP configuration
- Display priority on Wyse 5070 Extended thin client
- Display GUI update
- Bluetooth pairing update
- INI parameters
- Tested environment
- Tested peripheral devices for ThinOS 8.6_013
- Known issues
- Release scope
- ThinOS Lite 2.6_013
- Upgrading firmware
- Resources and support
- Contacting Dell
Table 10. INI parameters
INI parameters Description
DEVICE_SECURITY=allow_list/
block_list
Backward compatibility is added to support the previous parameter values
Fixed issues
Table 11. Fixed issues
Issue ID Description
THINOS-2630 ThinOS rolls back after upgrade—CIPS-21417.
THINOS-2591 The thin client stops responding when you connect to a Horizon session, with Nuance PowerMic II-ns
plugged in before booting the ThinOS—CIPS-19952.
THINOS-2562 An error occurs on Wyse 5060 Thin Client while using the webcam on Cisco Webex session—
CIPS-18846.
THINOS-2636 The default playback device does not change automatically when it is plugged in—CIPS-21677.
THINOS-2423-2/2588 Keyboard issue observed on a USB keyboard when multiple keys are pressed together and released.
THINOS-2601 The external numeric keypad does not work properly in a Blast 7.12 session—CIPS-19528.
THINOS-2555 Repeated entries of on-screen keyboard characters occur on multi-touch monitors—WTOS -
ELO2002L.
THINOS-2623 USB headsets do not get detected automatically.
THINOS-2648 The Wyse Management policy settings configured with BIOS version 1.8.0 update affects the devices
that run BIOS version 1.10.2—CIPS-22487.
THINOS-2644 In the ThinOS 8.6x and 2.6x firmware, the Combined=yes INI parameter value does not work—
CIPS-22336.
Known issues
Table 12. Known issues
Issue ID Description Workaround
THINOXSUS-971 On Wyse 5470 All-in-One with 32 GB SanDisk
eMMC, ThinOS 8.6_703 stops responding if the
system goes to sleep.
Upgrade to ThinOS 9.x
THINOXSUS-977 On thin clients with ThinOS 8.6_703, network
I/O error occurs when tapped on the Imprivata
proximity card reader after the session is
launched.
Upgrade to ThinOS 9.x
THINOXSUS-1107 Thin client reverts to Group1, post conversion
of the image from ThinOS 8.6_803 to ThinOS
9.1.1155.
Upgrade to ThinOS 9.x
THINOXSUS-1121 On Wyse 5470 Thin Client, a blank screen is
displayed when you upgrade the ThinOS 8.6
firmware.
Upgrade to ThinOS 9.x
THINOXSUS-831 On an All-in-One thin client with ThinOS 8.6_606,
if an external monitor is connected, the Citrix
Session goes to window mode when the external
monitor is removed.
Upgrade to ThinOS 9.x
30 ThinOS 8.6_807