VMware has released VMware View 3.1 on the 27th May 2009 and VMware View Open Client 3.1 on June 5th.

The only part that the open source client is missing is the USB redirection part. This missing USB features will be available for Linux clients only thru the ThinClient images that Third-party will release for their respective ThinClients (like HP for the HP gt7725), but this will not be out immediately.

Hello,

We’ve managed to shake a few more bugs out of the Beta release, which
means it’s time to announce that VMware View Open Client 3.1 is now
ready for general use.

This release includes many small bug fixes, as well as a few new features:

* Smart Card authentication support (see README.txt for details)
* Ctrl-Alt-Del will bring up a dialog letting you disconnect from
hung or unresponsive desktops
* Improved support for multiple monitors (see README.txt for details)
* A few UI improvements
* Internationalization support (using GNU gettext)
* Sound forwarding enabled by default
* Ability to specify more options to pass along to rdesktop
* Support for USB device forwarding (when additional USB software is installed)

Unfortunately, we are not able to open source the USB support, and
therefore cannot host those files on our Google Code site. We are
working on making them available on vmware.com; hopefully they will
make it there some day. In the mean time, we appreciate your
patience.

More information can be found in the README.txt file included in each
downloaded package.

Packages for RPM and Debian-based distributions, as well as binary and
source tarballs, can be downloaded from the Google Code site:

http://code.google.com/p/vmware-view-open-client/downloads/list?q=3.1.0-GA

Please report any issues you find to:

http://code.google.com/p/vmware-view-open-client/issues/list

Thanks and Let’s Go Pens,

Your View Open Client Team