Luxembourg, February 12th, 2014 - NoMachine announces the general availability of the latest update, version 4.1, of its desktop and server products for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
NoMachine 4.1 is the result of four months of continual development, and functional and graphical refinements. Among the most outstanding improvements are:
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Big performance improvements on Windows. |
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Lightweight mode, speeding up virtual X-Window sessions for thin clients or when using lightweight desktop environments. |
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Big performance improvements in the Web Player from the Cloud Server (formerly Portal Server). |
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Complete IPv6 support in all products |
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Key-based authentication in the NX protocol. |
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Server identification via Kerberos key exchange in SSH protocol. |
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Network browsing through mDNS integration. |
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Quick session launcher integrated in the system tray. |
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New wizard helping users to create new connections using a guided approach. |
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H.264 hardware-assisted decoding in the Windows and Mac players. |
For those following the development closely, here is the complete list of Feature Requests implemented and Trouble Reports resolved since 4.0.370:
| FR09E01884 |
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Implementing complete support for IPv6 |
| FR10K02791 |
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Supporting passwordless authentication with NX protocol |
| FR10K02770 |
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Making the client able to detect NoMachine servers in the local network |
| FR10K02773 |
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Providing support to play videogames at fullscreen on Windows |
| FR05K02767 |
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Providing support for 3D applications running in virtual desktop sessions |
| FR11K02796 |
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Giving the possibility to decide if the remote session will be resized automatically or not |
| FR12K02798 |
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Making configurable to show/hide the whiteboard and chat tools in the Monitor menu |
| FR11K02795 |
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Adding the possibility to configure the server for not showing the icon of the Monitor application in the system tray |
| FR10K02780 |
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Giving the possibility to login as a guest also on Windows and Mac OS X platforms |
| FR07G02250 |
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Improving the installation procedure to automatically detect path to system tools and commands |
| FR01L02804 |
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Forwarding the ctrl+alt+del combination from the browser to the remote Windows desktop |
| FR10K02789 |
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Making the server able to connect to a specific physical display |
| FR01L02805 |
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Adding the date information to server logs |
| TR11K04020 |
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Cannot create XDM sessions when connected to server 4 |
| TR01L04233 |
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Cannot display nxclient usage on Linux - Ubuntu 12.04 |
| TR01L04236 |
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Web Companion doesn't detect Java plugin in IE-11 |
| TR01L04230 |
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Some keys are not working inside the session when the keyboard layout is Japanese |
| TR12K04170 |
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Custom sessions cannot be automatically reconnected |
| TR12K04143 |
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Installing NoMachine on Linux fails during the post install procedure |
| TR01L04227 |
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A session is suddenly terminated with Error is 22: Invalid argument when looking at terminal pages with large text output |
| TR01L04222 |
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Connection to Windows fails with 'Error is 54: connection reset by peer' |
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Cannot reconnect a virtual desktop session when the server doesn't provide the platform |
| TR11K04024 |
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Mouse pointer can have a wrong offset when the session is displayed on multiple monitors |
| TR01L04224 |
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The right part of the keyboard is not working correctly in a physical desktop session on Linux |
| TR01L04200 |
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The user gets the connection wheel spinning forever when his profile on the server is configured to execute interactive processes |
| TR01L04193 |
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A new virtual GNOME desktop is very slow to start when run from a client 3.5.0 |
| TR12K04142 |
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From time to time the session list provided by the server is inconsistent |
| TR01L04213 |
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The server machine (RHEL 6) reboots when connecting to it via NoMachine client 4 |
| TR12K04175 |
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Sessions cannot be started when the node takes too much time to run them |
| TR12K04154 |
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Sessions are shown as running on Windows even if they are terminated |
| TR12K04151 |
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If the NX password database is enabled, the passwords.db file will be ignored |
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The NoMachine network service, nxd, cannot be started on RHEL 6.4 when the system supports a maximum PID value higher than 32 K |
| TR12K04140 |
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Cannot remove a node from the cluster if the server cannot connect to such node |
| TR12K04139 |
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Message 'No available sessions on this server' is given when trying to connect to a Russian version of Windows O.S. |
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Message 'Cannot activate NoMachine Server' is issued when trying to activate a server.lic file already in place |
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When the Monitor icon cannot be added to the system tray the Server Status panel stays open |
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Logs fill up disk space on Mac when the NoMachine Display Service is left running for days |
| TR12K04128 |
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A virtual desktop session is suddenly terminated when switched to fullscreen across multiple monitors |
| TR12K04126 |
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The connection name is not saved when the advanced settings are entered |
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Adding a node to the server fails when the EnableNodeMonitoring key is enabled in the server configuration |
| TR12K04115 |
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Cannot login from the server settings GUI as administrator on Mac 10.5 |
| TR12K04110 |
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Dead keys like tilde, quotes, etc... are not handled correctly inside the session |
| TR11K04090 |
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Client 4 issues message 'The session negotiation failed' when trying to reconnect automatically a session |
| TR11K04088 |
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Client 4 cannot reconnect a session on NX Server 3.5.0 when session shadowing is disabled on the server |
| TR11K04087 |
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Devices services cannot be imported to a Windows host when the connected user doesn't have administrative privileges |
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Clicking on 'Stop the server' as non-root user doesn't request to provide administrative credentials necessary for completing the operation |
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Disabling the multi-pass encoding disables the lossless video streaming compression |
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Under certain conditions accessing USB devices connected from a Windows client is extremely slow |
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User's process environment may have a too restrictive umask set |
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Disabling session persistence in the server configuration is ignored |
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When connecting by the web, authentication fails when password contains non-latin characters |
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One key press causes multiple characters when typing in a session connected to a physical desktop |
| TR10K03934 |
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Cannot log-in as a guest in a multi-node environment on Linux |
| TR10K03927 |
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File transfer fails on some Operating Systems when the filename contains non-latin1 characters |
| TR10K03921 |
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Cannot set a limit for the maximum number of connections on per-user basis |
| TR01L04209 |
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User's choice to display only 'My sessions' is not preserved into web sessions |
| TR01L04199 |
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Cannot disconnect a custom session running in a floating window |
| TR01L04198 |
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Client 4 cannot connect to NoMachine server 4 because of Error 108 or session timeout |
| TR01L04192 |
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OpenGL applications cannot be run inside the session because some libraries fail to be loaded |
| TR01L04182 |
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Message "This application will be blocked in a future Java security update" is given even if the applet jar is signed with a trusted certificate |
| TR01L04239 |
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Cannot enable changes in the Server settings GUI when there is a large number of system accounts |
| TR01L04207 |
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NoMachine doesn't accept remote X connections even if they own a valid authorization |
| TR11K04079 |
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Under certain conditions a Linux PC fails to suspend |
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RPM or TAR.GZ installation fails on RHEL6.5 with error "Cannot change context for: /etc/NX/nxnode" |
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Authentication fails due to timeout on RHEL or CentOS when the Fprint module is enabled |
| TR01L04232 |
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Some buttons are not working in a web session connected to server on an Enterprise Linux Server |
| TR09K02776 |
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Cannot copy and paste from Mac OS X to Emacs running in a virtual desktop session |
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Cannot select all the desired text in a virtual desktop session run from client 4 to server 3.5.0 |
Supported Platforms
Windows 32-bit/64-bit XP/Vista/7/8
Mac OS X Intel 64-bit 10.5/10.6/10.7/10.8/10.9
Linux 32-bit and 64-bit
Red Hat Enterprise 4/5/6
SLES 10/11
Open SUSE 10.x /11.x/12.x
Mandriva 2009/2010/2011
Fedora Core 10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18
Debian GNU Linux 4.0 Etch/5.0 Lenny/ 6.0 Squeeze/ 7.0 Wheezy
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
Download NoMachine Packages
You can download the latest packages suitable for your Operating System from the NoMachine Web site at the following URL:
http://www.nomachine.com/download/
Or from your Customer Area if you are a registered customer.
Manual package update
Please follow the instructions to update your installation manually instead of using the automatic updates. Automatic updates will be enabled successively.
On Windows:
- Download and save the EXE file.
- Double click on the NoMachine executable file.
- As for the installation, the Setup Wizard will take you through all steps necessary for updating NoMachine.
On Mac OS X:
- Download and save the DMG file.
- Double-click on the Disk Image to open it and double-click on the NoMachine program icon.
- As for the installation, the Installer will take you through through all steps necessary for updating NoMachine.
On Linux:
You can use the graphical package manager provided by your Linux distribution or update NoMachine by command line by following instructions below.
If you don't have the sudo utility installed, log on as superuser ("root") and run the commands without sudo
RPM
- Download and save the RPM file.
- Update your NoMachine installation by running:
# rpm -Uvh <pkgName>_<pkgVersion>_<arch>.rpm
DEB
- Download and save the DEB file.
- Update your NoMachine installation by running:
$ sudo dpkg -i <pkgName>_<pkgVersion>_<arch>.deb
TAR.GZ
- Download and save the TAR.GZ file.
- Update your NoMachine installation by running:
$ cd /usr
$ sudo tar xvzf <pkgName>_<pkgVersion>_<arch>.tar.gz
$ sudo /usr/NX/nxserver --update
If you are installing Enterprise Client or Node run respectively:
$ sudo /usr/NX/nxclient --update
$ sudo /usr/NX/nxnode --update
Documents
Installation and configuration guides for the NoMachine products are available at:
http://www.nomachine.com/documents
The NoMachine Development Team
