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NX 4 Fifth Preview Release Announcement

Rome, Italy, June 28, 2011 - NoMachine makes available the fifth
preview of NX 4. This new version has been mainly focused on improving
the user's experience when running sessions via browser with NX Web
Player.
 

Supported Platforms

Linux x86_64

    • Red Hat Enterprise 4/5/6
    • SUSE 10.x /11.x
    • Mandriva 2009/2010
    • Fedora Core 10/11/12/13/14/15
    • 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/11.04 Natty    

Linux i386

    • Red Hat Enterprise 4/5/6
    • SUSE 10.x /11.x
    • Mandriva 2009/2010
    • Fedora Core 10/11/12/13/14/15
    • 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/11.04 Natty

 
Mac OS X  Intel 64-bit 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 5

 

You can download the fifth 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/htd.crt and the SSL Certificate Key File 
/usr/NX/etc/htd.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_i386.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_i386.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