The next screen lets you choose what window manager to log in to, default is KDE – for Ubuntu, change that to Gnome. Once it’s installed, run it, and enter the IP address of your Linux computer to connect, give it a session name for your own reference, and choose your connection speed. Notice how much more complex it is to download and install Windows software!
On your Windows computer, download nxclient for Windows and install it. To start the server, changing start to status will let you know if it’s running or not. To make a directory to store the relevant packages. For more info on this, check the Ubuntu community page. This allows you to connect remotely using a normal shell. On your Linux pc (this tutorial is for Xandros, Debian and Ubuntu, though there are packages for Red Hat, Mandriva and Fedora as well), open a terminal and run: This only works to a normal X11 server, so Compiz Fusion or Beryl (or any other compositing window manager) doesn’t work over the connection, it’s only for standard window managers such as metacity, Kwin etc are fine. This is really useful in public libraries, or when you are at a friends house, as you can use your own PC at almost native speed without any hassle.ĭiagram showing how NX works. The server only works on computers running an X server, but the client works on any OS, so you can connect securely from Windows PCs to your home Linux box. In my experience, it’s much quicker than VNC, especially over the internet. The data is compressed as well, so it’s pretty quick. It is useful in that it lets you log in simultaneously with other users – that is, you can use it as well as another user as you log into a new session. NX is a remote desktop type piece of software that lets you log in remotely to another linux computer.
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