ROME, Italy, April 7, 2012 - NoMachine
announced today the latest release of NoMachine 4 software. This
release, besides fixing the relevant issues collected during previous
testing phases, provides a restyled version of the Player and the
long-awaited version of the Server for Windows and Mac. Additionally,
the server packages now include the NoMachine Player software and a new
administrative tool, the NoMachine Service GUI.
 

The NoMachine 4, Preview 6 release offers:

NoMachine for Windows and Mac OS X
This
is the server version that connects to remote physical desktops on
Windows and Mac OS X, it's available also for Linux. The free, basic
version comes with two concurrent connections to the remote desktop.

Advanced multimedia infrastructure
The
NoMachine audio infrastructure provides a seamless integration with all
of the supported operating systems for streaming multimedia contents
(audio, microphone, video). Compatibility with the audio infrastructure
of NX Client and Server 3.5.0 is preserved.

Support for Kerberos ticket authentication
System
login based on Kerberos authentication is available in NoMachine
Player. Kerberos tickets requested on the NoMachine Server host are also
supported. Tickets can be forwarded to sessions and used by
applications relying on them.

Smartcard authentication
Authentication
with system login using a smartcard device and forward of the
authentication to the server is now supported by NoMachine  Player for
Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

Support for SSHD password change requests
When
using the system login, which is now the default, NoMachine Player and
Web Player allow a change to the system password once it is expired or
upon SSHD request.

A new tool for managing NoMachine services
This
new GUI tool, provided with the server packages, enables easy local
administration of services on the server side. It allows administrators
to  retrieve information, logs, start/stop NoMachine services, modify
listen ports and more. The GUI can be accessed via the program menu.
 
The following features are not available as part of this preview release:

- Resource sharing and printing support
- Built-in session recording and playing
- USB forwarding over the network
- Support for SSHD password change request when using the NX login
- Virtualization of smartcard device inside the session
- Multi-node environments, profiles and guest users
- Keyboard grabbing with NoMachine Player on Windows and Mac OS X
- Management of profiles on a per-node basis via NoMachine Server Manager
  web interface
- Fast user switch when connecting to remote desktop on Windows or Mac OS X
- NoMachine Server Manager and Web Player for Windows

Supported NoMachine Server and Player Platforms

Windows 32-bit/64-bit XP/Vista/7

Mac OS X  Intel 64-bit 10.5/10.6/10.7

Linux  32-bit and 64-bit
- Red Hat Enterprise 4/5/6
- SLES 10/11
- Open SUSE 10.x /11.x/12.1
- Mandriva 2009/2010/2011
- Fedora Core 10/11/12/13/14/15/16
- 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/11.04 Natty/11.10 Oneiric

Important Notes

Updating the preview installation of NoMachine 4

Updating
the previous installation of the NoMachine software in preview stage
is not supported by this release. To install the new package, you must
uninstall the previous version, remove the installation directory and
proceed with a fresh installation.

Upgrading the NX 3.5.0 installation

Node
and server subscription files have been updated for NoMachine 4. For
that reason, the 3.x subscription files have to be replaced in order to
work with the new server. The upgrade procedure creates a backup of the
original server.lic and node.lic files and replaces them with
subscription files for evaluation of NoMachine 4.

The general
rule for upgrading from version 3.5.0 to version 4 is that the software
already installed can be upgraded only by a package that contains the
same software. So an NX Client installation or an NX Node or Server
installation can be upgraded by a NoMachine Server package version 4.

Instructions for upgrade procedures are detailed here:

http://www.nomachine.com/ar/view.php?ar_id=AR10I00603

Download NoMachine 4

The new version of the NoMachine products is available here:

http://www.nomachine.com/download

Installing the Server Side Package

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

The software installs by default in the '/usr'
directory on Linux and 'C:\\Program Files' on Windows. On Mac OS X,
the package is installed in Applications.

Instructions
for Linux 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.

Instructions for RPM , DEB and tar.gz
packages refer to the 32 bit package (i686 or i386) and can be easily
extended to the 64bit package (x86_64 or amd64).

EXE version
- Download the EXE.
- Open the folder where you saved the package and install it by double clicking on the icon of the  executable: the setup wizard will take you through the installation.

Note that, at this preview stage, the installation requires administrative privileges.

RPM version
- Download the RPM.
- Install the package by running from a console:
  $ sudo rpm -i nxserver-abc-4.0.X-Y.i686.rpm

DEB version
- Download the DEB.
- Install the package by running from a console:
  $ sudo dpkg -i nxserver_abc_4.0.X-Y_i686.deb

TAR.GZ version
- Download the TAR.GZ in the /usr directory.
- Extract the archive by running from a console:
  $ sudo tar xvzf nxserver-abc-4.0.X-Y.i686.tar.gz
- Run the setup script for installing the software:
  $ sudo /usr/NX/nxserver --install

Installing the Client Side Package

To
connect the remote desktop or run a virtual desktop session on the
NoMachine server host, install the NoMachine Player package suitable for
your operating system. As an alternative, you may run the session
from a browser via NoMachine Web Player. NoMachine Web Player is
installed with the server package and immediately ready to use.

The
software installs by default in the '/usr' directory on Linux and the
'C:\\Program Files' on Windows. On Mac OS X, you can drag and drop the
dmg to Applications.

Instructions
for Linux 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.

Instructions for RPM, DEB and tar.gz
packages refer to the 32 bit package (i686 or i386) and can be easily
extended to the 64bit package (x86_64 or amd64).

EXE version
- Download the EXE.
-
Open the folder where you saved the package and install it by double
clicking on the icon of the executable: the setup  wizard will take you
through the installation.

DMG version
- 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 program icon.
- To install, drag and drop the 'NoMachine Player' icon to your Applications directory.

RPM version
- Download the RPM.
- Install the package by running from a console:
   $ sudo rpm -i nxplayer-4.0.X-Y.i686.rpm

DEB version
- Download the DEB.
- Install the package 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.
- Extract the archive by running from a console:
  $ sudo tar zxvf nxplayer-4.0.X-Y.i686.tar.gz
- Run the setup script for installing the software:
  $ sudo /usr/NX/nxplayer --install
 

Documents

Installation and configuration guides for the NoMachine products are available at:

http://www.nomachine.com/documents

The NoMachine Development Team