

NoMachine can greatly improve the response time of X Windows and is the recommended method of interacting with GUIs and visualization tools running on NERSC resources.

Working remotely is not a new thing for Linux Administrators.NoMachine (formerly NX) is a computer program that handles remote X Window System connections and offers several performance improvements over traditional X11 forwarding. Especially when he/she is not in front of the server. Generally, the GUI is not installed by default on Linux servers. But there may some Linux Administrators who choose to install GUI on Linux servers. When your server has a GUI, you may want to remote the server with full desktop experience. To do that you may install VNC Server on that server. In this article, we will cover about NoMachine as an alternate Remote Desktop Tool. So what is the difference between NoMachine with the other? The most important factor is speed. The NX protocol provides near local speed responsiveness over high latency and low bandwidth links. So it feels like you were directly in front of your computer.

NoMachine version 4.0 has many key features. When you connected to NoMachine-enabled computer, you can work with any content such as documents, music, videos, as if you were in front of your computer. You can also have the same desktop environment from where ever you are connected. If you want to print files or documents on the remote computer, you can print them in the local computer.

If you put your USB flash disk into your local computer, you can also put the files into the remote computer. Drive Sharingįor more detail features, you can visit NoMachine website. Since the advantage of NX protocol is speed, you may see these scenario’s works. Working remotely for mobile workers with full desktop experience Implement thin-client scenario to reduce PC procurement cost. Users can work with a low – spec PC but gain full desktop experience. Installing NoMachine Remote Desktop Toolįor those who ever used version 3.5, they will find that version 4.0 provide only a single file.
