[AuckLUG] Remote desktop on linux

[Michal Ludvig]

Karl. wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 19, 2007 at 01:31:54PM +1200, Daniel Mason wrote:
>> Is there a similar thing on Linux as windows. like remote desktop??
> [...]
> Another option, which is potentially a lot more work, is to use FreeNX
> http://freenx.berlios.de/
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeNX
> 
> from the first website listed: "NX is an exciting new technology for 
> remote display.  It provides near local speed application responsiveness 
> over high latency, low bandwidth links. The core libraries for NX are 
> provided by NoMachine under the GPL. FreeNX is a GPL implementation of 
> the NX Server."

It's fair to mention the "real" NX server from NoMachine.com in this 
context. It's free as in $0 and the core libraries are also free as in 
Libre (GPL), so you get:
1) a commercial grade product for free
2) they supply RPMs and DEBs - anyone can choose their preferred format
3) installation works much more smoothly from my experience (although I 
admit I haven't tried FreeNX for at least half a year now, because the 
the server from NoMachine works just fine).
4) same protocol, compression and caching as in FreeNX (actually vice 
versa - FreeNX has the same protocol as NoMachine NX, to be correct).

There's also a Windows, Mac OS-X and Solaris client for NX and a server 
for Solaris as well. Unfortunately no Windows server as yet.

Works great also over slow ADSL as well as on fast LAN, give it a try: 
http://www.nomachine.com

Michal