gaaah and yay freenx

Story: Linux Gazette #135 is out!Total Replies: 5
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tuxchick

Feb 02, 2007
10:33 AM EDT
http://linuxgazette.net/135/knaggs.html FreeNX is supposed to be all great and wonderful, but there is often a version gap between the client and server that renders it unusable. The server is open source, but it depends on NoMachine's closed, proprietary client. When NoMachine updates the client, they remove older versions from their download site.

The current FreeNX server is supposed to work with the new NoMachine clients; I haven't had a chance to try it yet.

This site kindly archives older clients, but who knows for how long: http://www.industrial-statistics.com/info/nxclients?IndStats...

When it works, it's really nice. I wish there were an open source client. I wish I were an ace coder so I could write one. I wish I had a pony. No, wait, I have a horse, don't need a pony. I wish beer for breakfast did not slow the rest of the day to a crawl.
richo123

Feb 02, 2007
10:59 AM EDT
Beer for brekkie. Jeez TC!

http://sc.tri-bit.com/No,_You_Can't_Have_a_Pony
bigg

Feb 02, 2007
11:29 AM EDT
It's good to hear I'm not the only one with this problem. I was afraid I just didn't know what I was doing. It's always seemed like a silly thing to have to worry about using a proprietary client with a free server. It's not really a free "solution". Nonetheless, it is good technology.

> I have a horse

Good luck with that. I guess we all have our own preferences.
Sander_Marechal

Feb 02, 2007
12:22 PM EDT
> I wish there were an open source client.

There's QtNX and nxc. Not full-featured but they appear to work.
tuxchick

Feb 02, 2007
3:28 PM EDT
kewl, sander, I'll check them out.
helios

Feb 03, 2007
7:38 PM EDT
"...it's good to hear I'm not the only one with this problem. I was afraid I just didn't know what I was doing."

Shoot...I thought I was going to be the THIRD one to admit slamming down the REAL breakfast of champions.

Second, third...not much difference I guess.

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