FreeNX MORE.... The Best Remote Desktop

R S Gill rsgill at purdue.edu
Thu Jun 2 01:44:20 UTC 2005


But what is the name of the FreeNX client package??? Or did you just 
install the one from the NoMachine's website?

Gill

Tom Adelstein wrote:

>On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 15:27 -0500, Tom Adelstein wrote:
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>>On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 14:40 -0500, R S Gill wrote:
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>>>What is the client called? I added the repository to my source list and 
>>>was able to install the server just fine but I can't seem to find the 
>>>client.
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>>>Gill
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>>If you downloaded the build from the article, it doesn't work.
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>>I took Leif's suggestion and went http://backports.ubuntuforums.org/ and
>>found everything there.
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>>I also updated several applications such as gaim by adding that
>>repository. 
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>>Keep in mind, backports has a disclaimer and one should read it before
>>using the builds from there.
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>Okay - got it installed. You'll need to grab libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 as
>Leif wrote.
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>I just ran it through synaptic and it worked fine.
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>I think you'll be surprised by this product. I'm totally amazed by it. I
>installed the build from backports on Ubuntu and then the rpms for FC 3.
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>It's the fastest Remote client-server set up I have seen including
>Windows Terminal Services.
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>I was turning in my section of a book on Heterogeneous Networking when I
>saw the article this morning. If I would have missed FreeNX, it would be
>the equivalent of leaving out CUPS printing (which happened on the last
>edition of that book).
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>If you have used VNC be prepared for a totally new and remarkable
>experience. 
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