[Bio-Linux] Fast remote desktop for Bio-Linux using FreeNX

[Keith Jolley]

This is great - I've just tried it and it seems to be what I've been looking
for.  I'm running a course in Cambridge in January but we will be doing some
analysis on a Bio-Linux machine based in Oxford.  Last time, I used a VNC
session tunnelled via SSH using a simplied desktop (IceWM) - this worked ok,
but it entailed manually setting up port forwarding on each client - this is
so much easier and faster.

Thanks for the pointer.

Keith

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bio-linux-admin at ivsun01.nerc-oxford.ac.uk 
> [mailto:bio-linux-admin at ivsun01.nerc-oxford.ac.uk] On Behalf 
> Of Tim Booth
> Sent: 28 November 2005 10:08
> To: Bio-Linux mailing list
> Subject: [Bio-Linux] Fast remote desktop for Bio-Linux using FreeNX
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Nic here suggested trying FreeNX for remote connections into Bio-Linux
> machines.  The system promises a full-speed remote desktop even over a
> home broadband connection, has clients for Windows, Mac and 
> Linux and is
> available at no cost.  I tried it myself this weekend and was very
> impressed.  If you are running remote applications on a Bio-Linux
> machine and finding them slow, then FreeNX may be the answer.  It also
> allows you to run a remote session on a Windows machine without
> installing software like Exceed.  I have put instructions on 
> how to set
> it up on our website:
> 
> http://envgen.nox.ac.uk/envgen/software/archives/000506.html#freenx
> 
> The homepage for the FreeNX project is:
> 
> http://freenx.berlios.de/
> 
> NX was developed by NoMachine:
> 
> http://nomachine.com
> 
> Please let me know if you do try NX and find it useful.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> TIM
> 
> -- 
> Tim Booth <tbooth at ceh.ac.uk>
> NEBC at CEH Oxford
> 
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