NoMachine NX

One of the most advanced server-based computing tool in the Unix world
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  • License:
  • GPL
  • Price:
  • FREE
  • Publisher Name:
  • NoMachine
  • Publisher web site:
  • http://www.nomachine.com/developers.php
  • Operating Systems:
  • Mac OS X 10.3 or later
  • File Size:
  • 5.7 MB

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NoMachine NX Description

One of the most advanced server-based computing tool in the Unix world Leading OSS projects have publicly stated their intention to leverage NX OSS components to bring the same power on any Linux desktop. More projects will come in future. NoMachine supports these projects by sharing knowledge and encouraging interoperability. We see NX as a collaborative development effort. NX software is set to stay open to everybody's contribution, because at NoMachine we believe in the power of OpenSource.NoMachine develops the NX technology as Open Source, under the GNU Public License, including modifications to X-Window libraries, agents and proxies implementing compression and deployment of X, RDP and VNC desktops, and tunneling of CIFS/SMB and multimedia channels. NoMachine NX is the evolution of the Medialogic's MLView project, started in 1999 and released as OSS since 2001.Developers interested in learning more about NX may find plenty of information in the NoMachine Knowledge Base, together with a database of bug reports and a section dedicated to features being under development. Here are some key features of "NoMachine NX": Desktop sharing: · NX 3.0.0 gives remote access to the local display of the Unix workstation where the server is installed, meaning that users and system administrators can now get quick access to all the computer's resources and remotely control any NX-enabled PC over the Internet. Session shadowing: · Multiple users can now connect to a NX session at the same time, show and share files, demonstrate software and presentations, even chat with the other users on the server. Session shadowing is supported for all remote desktop protocols, including RDP (Windows Terminal Server) and VNC, opening NoMachine NX to a new range of collaboration applications. Full support for the x86_64 architecture: · A new family of NX packages is available, with NX Client, NX Node, NX Server and the NX Server Manager applications all running natively at 64 bits on the newest AMD and Intel CPUs. Full server and node scriptability: · System administrators can now create custom scripts triggered on the NX Node and NX Server by a number of events, such as the start-up of a new session, the creation of a new user, the disconnection of a session, etc. Support for profiles on a per-server and per-user basis: · Administrators can configure access to session types and protocols, route users to specific nodes, assign a limit of bandwidth, allow or deny access to specific features like multimedia, printers and file-sharing on per-user and per-server basis, making for a more configurable and flexible NX system. Windows Vista support: A number of changes have affected the NX Client components, that now run reliably on the latest version of the Windows operating-system.: Besides the new exciting features, NX 3.0.0 offers a great number of bug-fixes, optimizations and enhancements in many areas: Screen scaling capabilities: · NX is now able to scale the content of the frame-buffer, to offer thumbnails of the remote desktop or to fit the desktop in a smaller screen. Dynamic reordering of the screen updates: · Besides refining the state-of-the-art compression that made NX a leap forward in server-based computing, the new software employs advanced techniques to offer users the best remote desktop experience ever. Based on the available bandwidth and the current level of congestion, NX will defer the most bandwidth-consuming operations to give precedence to interactivity. With browsers and office applications, for example, NX will reorder the screen updates to show first the textual output. With videos and games, NX will drop the intermediate frames, similarly to the way a media player would do in the same conditions, if the bandwidth is not sufficient to keep the frame rate of the requesting application. This guarantees an unprecedented level of responsiveness, even with the most graphically rich desktop over the slowest network. Greatly reduced session reconnection times: · Special attention was paid to ensuring that sessions can be migrated from a computer to another in literally no time. As an example, the time for reconnecting a GNOME session through a modem link went from the 2-3 minutes, required with the 2.x.x code-base, to 15 seconds. Expanded reliability of multi-node configurations: · Some components of the NX Advanced Server were rewritten to ensure increased fault-tolerance and reliability when handling large clusters. Nodes can now join and leave the cluster at any time, with the server being able to reconfigure itself to handle the mutated conditions. All the NX Web applications are now out of Beta: · The NX Server Manager, NX Web Companion and NX Builder are now out of the Beta stage and fully supported by the NoMachine staff. The NX Builder, in particular, is a new application which allows Web developers to offer access to the corporate's NX servers in a completely customizable way. Improved support for the most recent Linux distributions: · The new NX client packages for Linux, built using the version 6 of libstdc , grant an easier installation of NX on the latest Linux distributions. The new packages, for example, were extensively tested on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, Fedora 7 or Mandriva 2007, without requiring the installation of the libstdc compatibility layer. Support for older Linux distributions, which don't ship by default with libstdc version 6, is still granted, thanks to an alternate set of packages, although such support could be removed in future. Requirements: · 400 MHz processor · 128 MB RAM · 35 MB free disk space on your hard drive · Network connection (either a LAN, or Internet link: dial-up (minimum 33.6 Kbps modem), broadband, cable, DSL, etc.)


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