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 ====== Free NX usage ====== ====== Free NX usage ======
  
-The FreeNX facility is an opensource client-server application for X11 compression. It offers X11 login environment on your local machine (laptop) with the look and feel of a local server. The Linux client can be found at [[http://nomachine.com/download.php]] +The FreeNX facility is an open-source client-server application for X11 compression. It offers you an X11 login environment on your local machine (e.g. laptop) with the look and feel as if you are working locally on your remote server. 
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 +==== Benefits of the Nomachine NX server ==== 
 +  * very fast, full graphical desktop 
 +  * much faster than VNC  
 +  * far more secure than VNC  
 +  * simple and reliable configuration, based on OpenSSH  
 +  * source code available under GNU Public License (GPL)  
 +  * free support from the Linux Community  
 +  * enterprise-level paid support available from Nomachine and CentOS  
 + 
 +==== Clients ==== 
 + 
 +The Linux client can be found at [[http://nomachine.com/download.php]] 
 The windows client can be found [[http://download.cnet.com/NX-Client-for-Windows/3000-7240_4-10327975.html|here]]  The windows client can be found [[http://download.cnet.com/NX-Client-for-Windows/3000-7240_4-10327975.html|here]] 
  
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 Change the Desktop - Custom - settings: Change the Desktop - Custom - settings:
  
-{{ :public:nxclient3.jpg }}+{{ :public:nx_custom_settings.jpg?330 |}} 
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 +Check: ''Run the following command'' and fill in ''/usr/bin/icewm-session''. Then press ''save'' and good luck. 
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 +WARNING: You MUST log out from the window manager in NX before closing the NX session, otherwise the session will fail to startup again at the next connect. The only remedy in that case, is to log into the portal, execute ''killall -u <yourself>'', log in again, remove the ''.nx'' directory and then reconnect with nx.
  
-At this moment only a FVWM environment is present. We hope to add Gnome and KDE later. 
  • Last modified: 2010-02-16 09:55
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