Rome, Italy, June 12, 2012 - NoMachine announced today that updates to Preview 6 have been released. The latest packages not only extend the 60-day preview period, but also provide fixes for a number of bugs:

• Sessions may fail to start on Mac OS X 10.7.4.
   
• Web session cannot be started on devices running Android 4 or later.
   
• A virtual session can terminate unexpectedly while running some applications.
   
• The Player on Mac OS X may send unwanted characters to the session.
   
• Some custom sessions may not be available for reconnection when server is NX 3.5.0-9.
   
• The Alt and Ctrl keys are no more visible in the NoMachine virtual keyboard when language settings are changed.

About NoMachine 4

The preview of NoMachine 4 introduces a brand new product "NoMachine" for remote control and access of Windows, Mac and Linux hosts aimed at the consumer market. NoMachine Virtual Desktop Workstation for Linux offers the user 4 concurrent connections to run  virtual X11 desktops. The Workstation is a member of the upcoming "NoMachine for the Enterprise" suite which will replace and extend the NX 3.5.0 product range currently in use.

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/
  12.04 Precise Pangolin

Trouble Reports solved

Server
TR05J02710 - Users may be unable to connect to NoMachine Preview 6 on Mac OS X

Player
TR05J02709  - The Player on Mac OS X may send unwanted characters to the session
TR04J02677 - The mouse pointer may be wrongly colored when it is moved over
some application windows
TR04J02678 - Some custom sessions may not be available in the reconnect session list
when server is NX 3.5.0-9

Core
TR05J02707 - A virtual session can terminate unexpectedly while running some applications
TR05J02698 - Unwanted cursor could be shown when sharing a physical display in
a web session
TR05J02695  - First screen update could be missing in remote desktop sessions
TR06J02718 - Sessions fail to start on Mac OS X 10.7.4

Web Player
TR06J02717 - Displaying of browser context menu by right mouse button click may be not blocked in the web session
TR06J02716 - Web session cannot be started on devices running Android 4 or later
TR06J02715 - The Ctrl+S keystroke is not grabbed when the web session is running
on Internet Explorer
TR06J02722 - The Alt and Ctrl keys are no more visible in the NoMachine virtual keyboard when language settings are changed

Important Notes

Updating installation of NoMachine preview 6

Updating the previous installation of the NoMachine software in preview stage is not supported.

If you want to get 60 days of validity for the NoMachine server software since the date of this release, you need to install the new preview packages from scratch.

Uninstall your current server installation, remove the NoMachine installation directory and install any of the new NoMachine server packages.

Also in case of NoMachine Player, It is strongly suggested you uninstall the Player, remove its installation directory and proceed with a fresh install of the package.

Upgrading the NX 3.5.0 installation

If you need to test Preview 6 as a replacement for NX 3.5.0, 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

Remarks for installation on server side

What the package includes
Any of the NoMachine server packages installs NoMachine Player, the NoMachine web tools, a small web server (NoMachine HTTP Server) and the NoMachine Service gui for managing your NoMachine. 

How to run web sessions with NoMachine Web Player
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/httpd.crt and the SSL Certificate Key File /usr/NX/etc/httpd.key with your own.

Where the software installs
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.

Notes for Linux users
You can use the graphical package manager provided by your Linux distribution or follow instructions below to be run from a terminal. Instructionsuse the sudo utility. If you don't have the sudo utility installed, you can log on as superuser ("root") and run the commands without sudo.

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).

Installing NoMachine on Windows

Uninstall NoMachine Preview 6 if you have it already: from the program Menu choose NoMachine item and run 'Uninstall NoMachine'' . Accept to reboot the machine. 

- Download the EXE.
- Install it by double clicking on the icon of the executable: the setup wizard will take you through the installation.

Installing  NoMachine on Mac OS X

Uninstall NoMachine Preview 6 if you have it already: from Applications, choose 'Show Package Content' for the  NoMachine Service bundle and navigate it to Contents/MacOS. Run the nxuninstaller program from there.

At this preview stage, the installation requires administrative privileges.
 

Installing NoMachine on Linux

Uninstall NoMachine Preview 6 and remove manually the installation directory, usually /usr/NX: 
$ cd /usr
$ sudo rm -rf NX

RPM version
To uninstall previous preview version, run the 'rpm -e nxserver' command.

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

DEB version
To uninstall previous preview version, run the 'dpkg -r nxserver' command.

- 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
To uninstall previous preview version, run the 'NX/scripts/setup/nxserver --uninstall' command.

- 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

Remarks for installation on client side

What to do for running a session
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.

Where the software installs
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.

Notes for Linux users
To install NoMachine Player you can use the graphical package manager provided by your Linux distribution or follow instructions below to be run from a terminal. Instructionsuse the sudo utility. If you don't have the sudo utility installed, you can log on as superuser ("root") and run the commands without sudo.

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).
 

Installing NoMachine Player on Windows

Uninstall NoMachine Player Preview 6 if you have it already: from the program Menu choose NoMachine item and run 'Uninstall NoMachine Player''

- 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 update.

Installing NoMachine Player on Mac OS X

Uninstall NoMachine Player Preview 6 if you have it already: from Applications, drag the NoMachine Player to trash.

- 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.
- Drag and drop the 'NoMachine Player' icon to your Applications directory.

Installing NoMachine Player on Linux

RPM version
To uninstall previous preview version, run the 'rpm -e nxplayer' command.

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

DEB version
To uninstall previous preview version, run the 'dpkg -r nxplayer' command.

- Download the DEB.
- Install the package by running from a console:
  $ sudo dpkg -i nxplayer_4.0.X-Y_i686.deb

TAR.GZ version
To uninstall previous preview version, run the 'NX/scripts/setup/nxplayer --uninstall' command.

- 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 updating the software:
  $ sudo /usr/NX/nxplayer --update

Documents

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

http://www.nomachine.com/documents

The NoMachine Development Team