No Machine's NX 4 Preview 6
Submitted by Scott Dowdle on Fri, 2012-04-06 20:49.
remote display protocols
I downloaded the No Machine's NX 4 Preview 6 packages. They have server builds for Linux, Windows, and Mac. So far, I've only tried the Linux version but I hope to try the others soon.
So, what do I think? It is *AMAZING*. No really. I installed it on my work desktop and connected to it from my laptop at home over wireless. I adjusted the display quality down a bit because the combination of the bandwidth at work and the latency of my DSL connection at home are pretty bad. By the way, I connected to my pre-existing X11 desktop session and was able to share it. While the connection to my work desktop was rather grainy, it was VERY USABLE. I was able to watch video... and I'm even writing this blog post while I'm listening to a video... all running on the remote machine.
To really test it out, I opened up the spicec client on my remote work desktop and connected to a remote KVM virtual machine via the SPICE protocol and everything worked including sound with good A/V sync. What is amazing about this is that I've never been able to connect to a work machine via SPICE from home but NX allowed me to and it worked well even though I was running a remote display inside of a remote display.
All I can say is that this is the best remote session experience I've ever had with any protocol. This NX 4 Preview 6 works better and is more dynamically configurable than anything I've ever seen. If I'm able to stream a Windows desktop and a Mac Desktop with the same quality, in my opinion, NX is the protocol of the future... hands down.
Please forgive me for being so positive and optimistic... yeah, I've only been using it for about 30 minutes now... but wow... really... wow.
BTW, they have totally redone the user interface of the NXplayer application and it is much easier to use. Give it try for yourself. To clarify, this is definitely a preview release and there are some bugs, but what I've seen thus far has greatly impressed me.
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Here's their press release
Submitted by Scott Dowdle on Fri, 2012-04-06 22:06.
ROME, Italy, April 7, 2012 - NoMachine announced today the latest
release of NoMachine 4 software. This release, besides fixing the
relevant issues collected during previous testing phases, provides a
restyled version of the Player and the long-awaited version of the
Server for Windows and Mac. Additionally, the server packages now
include the NoMachine Player software and a new administrative tool,
the NoMachine Service GUI.
The NoMachine 4, Preview 6 release offers:
NoMachine for Windows and Mac OS X
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This is the server version that connects to remote physical desktops on
Windows and Mac OS X, it's available also for Linux. The free, basic
version comes with two concurrent connections to the remote desktop.
Advanced multimedia infrastructure
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The NoMachine audio infrastructure provides a seamless integration with
all of the supported operating systems for streaming multimedia
contents (audio, microphone, video). Compatibility with the audio
infrastructure of NX Client and Server 3.5.0 is preserved.
Support for Kerberos ticket authentication
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System login based on Kerberos authentication is available in NoMachine
Player. Kerberos tickets requested on the NoMachine Server host are
also supported. Tickets can be forwarded to sessions and used by
applications relying on them.
Smartcard authentication
------------------------
Authentication with system login using a smartcard device and forward
of the authentication to the server is now supported by NoMachine
Player for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
Support for SSHD password change requests
-----------------------------------------
When using the system login, which is now the default, NoMachine Player
and Web Player allow a change to the system password once it is expired
or upon SSHD request.
A new tool for managing NoMachine services
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This new GUI tool, provided with the server packages, enables easy
local administration of services on the server side. It allows
administrators to retrieve information, logs, start/stop NoMachine
services, modify listen ports and more. The GUI can be accessed via the
program menu.
The following features are not available as part of this preview
release:
- Resource sharing and printing support
- Built-in session recording and playing
- USB forwarding over the network
- Support for SSHD password change request when using the NX login
- Virtualization of smartcard device inside the session
- Multi-node environments, profiles and guest users
- Keyboard grabbing with NoMachine Player on Windows and Mac OS X
- Management of profiles on a per-node basis via NoMachine Server
Manager web interface
- Fast user switch when connecting to remote desktop on Windows or Mac
OS X
- NoMachine Server Manager and Web Player for Windows
Supported NoMachine Server and Player Platforms
-----------------------------------------------
Windows 32-bit/64-bit XP/Vista/7
Mac OS X Intel 64-bit 10.5/10.6/10.7
Linux 32-bit and 64-bit
- Red Hat Enterprise 4/5/6
- SLES 10/11
- Open SUSE 10.x /11.x/12.1
- Mandriva 2009/2010/2011
- Fedora Core 10/11/12/13/14/15/16
- Debian GNU Linux 4.0 Etch/5.0 Lenny/ 6.0 Squeeze
- Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron/8.10 Intrepid Ibex/Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty
- Jackalope/9.10 Karmic Koala/10.4 Lucid Lynx/10.10 Maverick/11.04
Natty/11.10 Oneiric
*Important Notes*
Updating the preview installation of NoMachine 4
------------------------------------------------
Updating the previous installation of the NoMachine software in preview
stage is not supported by this release. To install the new package, you
must uninstall the previous version, remove the installation directory
and proceed with a fresh installation.
Upgrading the NX 3.5.0 installation
-----------------------------------
Node and server subscription files have been updated for NoMachine 4.
For that reason, the 3.x subscription files have to be replaced in
order to work with the new server. The upgrade procedure creates a
backup of the original server.lic and node.lic files and replaces them
with subscription files for evaluation of NoMachine 4.
The general rule for upgrading from version 3.5.0 to version 4 is that
the software already installed can be upgraded only by a package that
contains the same software. So an NX Client installation or an NX Node
or Server installation can be upgraded by a NoMachine Server package
version 4.
Instructions for upgrade procedures are detailed here:
http://www.nomachine.com/ar/view.php?ar_id=AR10I00603
*Download NoMachine 4*
The new version of the NoMachine products is available here:
http://www.nomachine.com/download
Installing the Server Side Package
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Any of the NoMachine server packages installs the NoMachine Player,
web tools and a small web server (NoMachine HTTPD). You can access the
web tools by pointing your browser to https://serverHost:4080 where
serverHost is either IP or hostname of the machine where you have
installed the NoMachine package. Please note that the installation
comes with a self-signed SSL certificate intended to be a sample, which
doesn't grant a secure connection. In order to secure your web
application, please replace the SSL Certificate File, namely /usr/NX
/etc/htd.crt and the SSL Certificate Key File /usr/NX/etc/htd.key with
your own.
The software installs by default in the '/usr' directory on Linux and
'C:\Program Files' on Windows. On Mac OS X, the package is installed in
Applications.
Instructions for Linux use the sudo utility. If you don't have the sudo
utility installed, log on as superuser ("root") and run the commands
without sudo. Otherwise you can use the graphical package manager
provided by your Linux distribution.
Instructions for RPM , DEB and tar.gz packages refer to the 32 bit
package (i686 or i386) and can be easily extended to the 64bit package
(x86_64 or amd64).
EXE version
- Download the EXE.
- Open the folder where you saved the package and install it by double
clicking on the icon of the executable: the setup wizard will take you
through the installation.
Note that, at this preview stage, the installation requires
administrative privileges and a reboot of the host machine is necessary
to complete the installation.
DMG version
- Download the DMG.
- Open the folder where you saved the package and double-click on the
the disk Image to open it and see package icon. Double-click on the
package icon to install the program: the setup wizard will take you
through the installation.
Note that, at this preview stage, the installation requires
administrative privileges.
RPM version
- Download the RPM.
- Install the package by running from a console:
$ sudo rpm -i nxserver-abc-4.0.X-Y.i686.rpm
DEB version
- Download the DEB.
- Install the package by running from a console:
$ sudo dpkg -i nxserver_abc_4.0.X-Y_i686.deb
TAR.GZ version
- Download the TAR.GZ in the /usr directory.
- Extract the archive by running from a console:
$ sudo tar xvzf nxserver-abc-4.0.X-Y.i686.tar.gz
- Run the setup script for installing the software:
$ sudo /usr/NX/nxserver --install
Installing the Client Side Package
----------------------------------
To connect the remote desktop or run a virtual desktop session on the
NoMachine server host, install the NoMachine Player package suitable
for your operating system. As an alternative, you may run the session
from a browser via NoMachine Web Player. NoMachine Web Player is
installed with the server package and immediately ready to use.
The software installs by default in the '/usr' directory on Linux and
the 'C:\Program Files' on Windows. On Mac OS X, you can drag and drop
the dmg to Applications.
Instructions for Linux use the sudo utility. If you don't have the sudo
utility installed, log on as superuser ("root") and run the commands
without sudo. Otherwise you can use the graphical package manager
provided by your Linux distribution.
Instructions for RPM, DEB and tar.gz packages refer to the 32 bit
package (i686 or i386) and can be easily extended to the 64bit package
(x86_64 or amd64).
EXE version
- Download the EXE.
- Open the folder where you saved the package and install it by double
clicking on the icon of the executable: the setup wizard will take you
through the installation.
DMG version
- Download the DMG.
- Open the folder where you saved the package and double-click on the
the Disk Image to open it and see the program icon
- To install, drag and drop the 'NoMachine Player' icon to your
Applications directory.
RPM version
- Download the RPM.
- Install the package by running from a console:
$ sudo rpm -i nxplayer-4.0.X-Y.i686.rpm
DEB version
- Download the DEB.
- Install the package by running from a console:
$ sudo dpkg -i nxplayer_4.0.X-Y_i686.deb
TAR.GZ version
- Download the TAR.GZ in the /usr directory.
- Extract the archive by running from a console:
$ sudo tar zxvf nxplayer-4.0.X-Y.i686.tar.gz
- Run the setup script for installing the software:
$ sudo /usr/NX/nxplayer --install
Documents
Installation and configuration guides for the NoMachine products are
available at:
http://www.nomachine.com/documents
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Wow Scott this sounds really
Wow Scott this sounds really cool! Once I get Internet at home again I could really use something like this.
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