ROME, Italy, December 21, 2010 - NoMachine is pleased to announce that the first technology preview version of NX 4 is ready for download. This version is intended to provide NX users with a preview of some of the features and functionalities that will be available with the upcoming official major release and is not recommended for production environments at this stage. This release marks an important milestone in the history of the company. Version 4 of the software, in fact, will be only available under a closed source license.

Among the most significant novelties offered by this preview there are:

• A completely redesigned client GUI, named NX Player.
• NX Virtual Desktop Workstation, the NX Server specifically for the deployment of virtual X11 sessions and applications.
• A new concept for the server package: it provides all the software necessary to have an up-and-running installation, including NX Web Player to deploy sessions on the Web.
• The ability to run sessions from any browser-enabled device.
• Improved video and audio support.
   

The following are not currently available:

• Support  for Web based access from mobile device.
• The possibility of changing audio configurations at session runtime.
• USB forwarding on Windows and Linux platforms.
• Sharing of local resources and printing from client to server side.
• Custom session types e.g. rootless sessions.
• Session recording and built-in video player to play the video of the recorded session.
   

Supported Platforms

Linux x86_64

• Red Hat Enterprise 4/5
• SuSe 10.x /11
• Mandriva 2009/2010
• Fedora Core 10/11/12/13/14
• Xandros Desktop 4.1/Xandros Server 2.0
• Debian GNU Linux 4.0 Etch/5.0 Lenny
• Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron/8.10 Intrepid Ibex/Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty
  Jackalope/9.10 Karmic Koala/10.4 Lucid Lynx/10.10 Maverick     

Linux i386

• Red Hat Enterprise 4/5
• SuSe 0.x /11
• Mandriva 2009/2010
• Fedora Core 10/11/12/13/14
• Xandros Desktop 4.1/Xandros Server 2.0
• Debian GNU Linux 4.0 Etch/5.0 Lenny
• Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron/8.10 Intrepid Ibex/Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope/9.10 Karmic Koala/10.4 Lucid Lynx/10.10 Maverick

Mac OS X 10.5/10.6

Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/7

Important Notes

Upgrading the NX 3.x.x installation
Node and server subscription files have been updated for NX 4 version. For that reason, all the 3.x subscription files will have to be replaced to be able to work with the new server. At the time of the NX 4 official release, NoMachine customers will receive the updated version of the subscription files valid for the remaining time of their current subscription. At this preview stage, instead, it is strongly suggested to proceed with a fresh install of the server side components.

Compatibility
Even if NX 4 should maintain compatibility with the NX 3.x software, users are invited to use both client and server side software updated to be able to exploit all the new capabilities provided by NX 4.
 

Download NoMachine NX 4 preview

The preview version of the NoMachine products is available here:

http://www.nomachine.com/download

How to Install the NX Packages

NX Virtual Desktop Workstation for Linux
Instructions below use the sudo utility. If you don't have the sudo utility installed, log on as superuser ("root") and run the commands without sudo.

This package installs also the NX Web tools and the NX Web Server, namely nxhtd. You can access them by pointing your browser to https://serverHost:4080 where serverHost is either IP or hostname of the machine where you have installed the NX package. Please note that the installation comes with  a self- signed SSL certificate intended to be a sample. This doesn't grant a secure connection. In order to secure your web application, please replace  the SSL Certificate File, namely  /usr/NX/etc/server.crt and the SSL Certificate Key File  /usr/NX/etc/server.key with your own.

RPM version

• Download the RPM.
• Change your working directory to the location where you saved the package and install it in the default location /usr/NX by running from a console:
  $ sudo rpm -i nxserver-vdw-4.0.X-Y.i686.rpm

DEB version

• Download the DEB.
• Change your working directory to the location where you saved the package and
  install it in the default location /usr/NX by running from a console:
  $ sudo dpkg -i nxserver_vdw_4.0.X-Y_i686.deb

TAR.GZ version

• Download the TAR.GZ in the /usr directory.
• Change your working directory to the /usr directory and install the package by running from a console:
  $ sudo tar xvzf nxserver-vdw-4.0.X-Y.i686.tar.gz
• Run the setup script for installing the NX software:
  $ sudo /usr/NX/nxserver --install
   

NX Player for Windows

• Download the EXE.
• Open the folder where you saved the package and install it by double clicking on the icon of the NX Player executable: the NX Setup Wizard will take you through the installation.

NX Player for Mac OS X 

• Download the DMG.
• Open the folder where you saved the package and double-click on the the Disk Image to open it and see the NX Player program icon.
• To install it, drag and drop the 'NX Player for Mac OS X' icon to your Applications directory.

NX Player for Linux

Instructions below use the sudo utility. If you don't have the sudo utility installed, log on as superuser ("root") and run the commands without sudo.

RPM version

• Download the RPM.
• Change your working directory to the location where you saved the package and install it by running from a console:
  $ sudo rpm -i nxplayer-4.0.X-Y.i686.rpm

DEB version

• Download the DEB.
• Change your working directory to the location where you saved the package and install it by running from a console:
• $ sudo dpkg -i nxplayer_4.0.X-Y_i686.deb

TAR.GZ version

• Download the TAR.GZ in the /usr directory.
• Change your working directory to the /usr directory and install the package by running from a console:
  $ sudo tar zxvf nxplayer-4.0.X-Y.i686.tar.gz
• Run the setup script for installing the NX software:
  $ sudo /usr/NX/nxplayer --install

Documents

Installation guides for the NX 4 preview are available at:

http://www.nomachine.com/documents

The NX Development Team