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Google releases Neatx NX server (lwn.net)
73 points by zby on Aug 13, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments



Wow, that's fantastic news. I've been using No Machine's NX for a while and it's a really great way to do remote desktoping.


For anyone who hasn't used NX it's very comparable in terms of features and performance to Microsoft/Citrix's remote desktop protocol. Good enough that you can easily forget you're using a network display. So in other words the opposite of VNC.


I tried using NX to do desktop sharing among multiple users (2 in this case) like a common use case for VNC, but with no success. Doest NX work only as a way to control a desktop remotely from just one computer, with no sharing? Or am I missing something?

edit: when I say no success, I mean it got really slow, just like vnc, rather than really fast, like nx with a single user.


nice, I remember using NX a couple years ago and found it way more responsive than VNC


This is great, a few years back I was working with a local highschool to setup remote terminals using the NX protocol, the project ended up going nowhere though due to a lack of hardware.




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