NX 4 Second Preview Release Announcement
ROME, Italy, December 24, 2010 - NoMachine makes available a second preview of NX 4. The release doesn't add new functionalities, compared to the first preview, but fixes some of the most annoying bugs present in the first preview. Among the changes are:
- Fixed the detection of an existing installation of version 3. Now the package won't install until the previous version is removed.
- The NX Web Player navigation has been simplified to let users connect immediately to the local server.
- The NX server is now configured by default to allow a connection to an existing desktop without requiring the owner's authorization. This is an unsecure setup aimed at simplify tests. Users willing to go beyond the casual use of the preview are strongly invited to change the following settings in the server.cfg file:
EnableAdministratorDesktopSharing=0
EnableDesktopSharingAutorization=1
EnableSystemDesktopSharingAutorization=1 - Sparse bug fixes, resolving a few crashes in the core components.
Supported Platforms
Linux x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise 4/5
- SuSe 10.x /11
- Mandriva 2009/2010
- Fedora Core 10/11/12/13/14
- Xandros Desktop 4.1/Xandros Server 2.0
- Debian GNU Linux 4.0 Etch/5.0 Lenny
- 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
Linux i386
- Red Hat Enterprise 4/5
- SuSe 10.x /11
- Mandriva 2009/2010
- Fedora Core 10/11/12/13/14
- Xandros Desktop 4.1/Xandros Server 2.0
- Debian GNU Linux 4.0 Etch/5.0 Lenny
- 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
Mac OS X 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.
- 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 2
You can download the second preview here:
http://www.nomachine.com/download
How to Install the NX Packages
NX Virtual Desktop Workstation 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.
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/server.crt and the SSL Certificate Key File /usr/NX/etc/server.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_i686.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_i686.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