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
