FreeNX

1.   Introduction
2.   Download FreeNX
3.   Install FreeNX Server
4.   Install FreeNX Client

Introduction

I run FreeNX Server on some of my workstations so I can get fast, quality remote connection to my machines. The instruction were prepared using Ubuntu Hardy amd64 and FreeNX 3.2.0-13

Download FreeNX

 wget http://64.34.161.181/download/3.2.0/Linux/nxclient_3.2.0-9_x86_64.deb
 wget http://64.34.161.181/download/3.2.0/Linux/nxnode_3.2.0-11_x86_64.deb
 wget http://64.34.161.181/download/3.2.0/Linux/FE/nxserver_3.2.0-13_x86_64.deb

Install FreeNX Server

FreeNX Server requires that SSH is already installed, running and configured.

 sudo chmod 755 /usr/lib/cups/backend/ipp
 sudo gdebi -n nxclient_3.2.0-9_x86_64.deb
 sudo gdebi -n nxnode_3.2.0-11_x86_64.deb
 sudo gdebi -n nxserver_3.2.0-13_x86_64.deb

Install FreeNX Client

 sudo chmod 755 /usr/lib/cups/backend/ipp
 sudo gdebi -n nxclient_3.2.0-9_x86_64.deb

References

• http://www.nomachine.com/

$Id: FreeNX,v 1.3 2008/06/30 17:44:08 martin Exp $