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ID: AR10K00702
Applies to: NoMachine Server
Added on: 2013-10-04
Last Update: 2026-08-02

Differences between NoMachine Personal Edition for Linux and NoMachine Workstation for Linux

NoMachine Personal Edition, available for Windows, Mac, Linux and ARM, provides remote access to the physical desktop. When installed on the computer you want to access, it allows one incoming connection. If two or more users need to connect to the same physical desktop at the same time, Enterprise Desktop may be a better fit.

NoMachine Workstation, from the NoMachine Terminal Server family, is a product aimed at Linux users. Any of the products in the Terminal Server suite lets you run multiple Linux desktops concurrently on the Linux host where it is installed. These are called "NoMachine virtual desktops" or "virtual desktop sessions". It is also possible to access the physical display of the Linux system, but the principle functionality of the Terminal Server products is their capability of running multiple individual Linux desktops on the same host. Multiple users, connecting at the same time, can have their own personal 'virtual' Linux desktop according to how the Administrator has configured it. Each virtual desktop is separate from the physical OS, and each other.