NX 4 Fourth Preview Release Announcement
Rome, Italy, April 22, 2011 - NoMachine announces today the fourth
preview release of NX 4.0, the upcoming version of the NX remote access
and virtual desktop software. Preview 4 offers many changes over the
previous version, and also gives NX users the opportunity to test and
respond to new features.
Here's a glance at what's included:
- A
completely new look & feel of the GUIs and of the NX toolbar
displayed inside the session makes the NX Player and the NX Web Player
more intuitive and user-friendly.
- Initial support for iOS devices is now available with NX Web Player.
- Reduced bandwidth usage and increased performance especially with remote desktop sessions and browser-based sessions.
- Optimized video/audio synchronization even on slower connections.
- Microphone
support quality has been improved. The new NX toolbar also gives the
possibility to adjust the volume of the remote speakers and microphone.
- Mapping of non-English keyboards inside the session is more reliable even in remote desktop sessions.
Supported Platforms
Linux x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise 4/5/6
- 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/ 6.0 Squeeze
- 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 4/5/6
- 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/6.0 Squeeze
- 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
- Please
note that the quality of the software is sub-alpha and it is not
intended to replace the stable 3 releases in any way yet. Note also that
most features introduced in the new Player depend on the presence of
the NX 4 installation on the server. If you want to get a real sense of
what NX 4 will be, please be sure you install the NX Player on the
client and the NX Virtual Desktop Workstation on the computer you want
to access from remote. Note also that the server packages will provide an evaluation period of 60 days,
- The
packages and libraries comprising a NX 4 installation contain
significant differences, compared to version 3. The final release will
contain scripts guiding the user through the upgrade process. At the
moment, to install the preview, it is required that you first uninstall
any previous NX 3 setup. Detailed instructions on how to backup the
previous installation and proceed to the upgrade can be found here. Any further upgrade of the 4 packages should not present any problem. - Compatibility
between the 3 and the 4 will be fully preserved. There may be bugs
when connecting with a client 3 to a server 4 and viceversa. These bugs
will be resolved in the final release.
Download NoMachine NX 4 Preview 4
You can download the fourth preview here:
http://www.nomachine.com/download
How to Install the NX Packages
NX Virtual Desktop Workstation for Linux
Instructions
below are intended to be run from command line and use the sudo
utility. If you don't have the sudo utility installed, log on as
superuser ("root") and run the commands without sudo. Otherwise you can
use the graphical package manager provided by your Linux distribution.
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