The latest release 25.03 of the Graphics Agent for Linux fixes known issues, bugs and stability enhancements for a better user experience and seamless support. In addition, it includes the following features:

Support for Capturing Hardware Cursor

Version 25.03 of the Graphics Agent for Linux introduces a new default behaviour of capturing hardware cursor on the host machine instead of the client machine. This behaviour can be customized, and host-side cursor capture can be disabled by using the pcoip.disable_server_rendered_cursor parameter. When set to True, hardware cursor capture occurs on the client side.

For more information, see the Configuration guide.

Enhanced Security Using Smartcard Authentication

Version 25.03 of the Graphics Agent for Linux introduces support for in-session smartcard authentication for Linux Clients running on Ubuntu 22.04 that connect to Linux agents. Following session establishment, Linux Clients running on Ubuntu 22.04 are authenticated using smartcards. Agents can also read and process smartcard information for in-session tasks such as document signing.

For the purpose of enabling smartcard authentication, a new parameter called pcoip.enable_smart_card has been introduced. When enabled, this parameter allows the use of PIN-enabled smartcards for session authentication, lock screen login, document signing, and other in-session operations.

For additional information about this parameter, see the Configuration guide.

Smartcard authentication provides an added security layer, and simplifies identity management within PCoIP deployments.

For additional information about smartcard authentication, see the following topics:

• Configuration guide
• Enabling Smartcard Authentication

Changes to Ubuntu Support

In version 25.03 of the Graphics Agent for Linux, support for Ubuntu 24.04 has been added.