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Can someone explain how NX works?

I can't seem to find much about how the NX protocol actually works. I have heard it does something with sending X11 commands. But does this mean that the listening clients need to have an x server to run the actual commands and display them?
user57197
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Tips and tricks to make NX server more stable

My shop has been using the FreeNX server on Fedora 11 for a while now and mostly getting good results, especially with performance, but we have some annoying problems with client connections. There are two main issues: Client sessions sometimes…
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What is generally more secure? FreeNX or VNC?

FreeNX or VNC, which is generally more secure? I am just wondering since both give encryption. I know FreeNX generally uses SSH which is very secure.
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FreeNX shadow session

I have FreeNX server (Ubuntu 10.04) installed and users can log in just fine. The problem arises when users would like to shadow a session. It plain and simple does not work, although the user who's session is requesting to be shadowed is presented…
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Could not connect to FreeNX server using Desktop--->Shadow

I have installed FreeNX server on ubuntu 10.04 Desktop and I could connect to the system remotely with NXClient selecting "UNIX" and "GNOME". I want to use the 'shadow' feature of NX and I could not able to connect to this FreeNX computer using…
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Freenx with ssh that requires keys?

Is it possible to connect to a Freenx server if ssh requires the use of keys instead of passwords? If so, how would I connect using the client?
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Install FreeNX on Maverick Ubuntu

I'm attempting to set up FreeNX on the standard Ubuntu Amazon EC2 AMI image. (I'm using ami-af7e2eea). Specifically, I'm trying to follow these directions: http://blog.restbackup.com/how-to-use-amazon-ec2-as-your-desktop?c=1 which worked fine on…
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centos 6.7 nx freenx unavailable

I have a standard server setup for our application that requires freenx that I have been installing since centos 6.4, on a couple dozen servers. This server was given to me by a new hosting provider with centos 6.7, which I haven't worked on yet.…
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Have GPU Passthrough working both Windows and Linux guests but libGL SDL error linux couldn't find matching glx visual NX x2go freenx

I have GPU Pass-through working with KVM qemu with both Windows 7 and CentOS guest but with Windows I can easily RDP with Remote Desktop mstsc and even run 3D accelerated apps that will make use of the OpenGL acceleration etc. I don't care about…
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Multiple hop NX connection

I'm managing a set of servers on a private network with one facing the internet (ie. one public ip). Soon I'll need to start working remotely, and I'll need access to some graphical programs. I'd like to use freeNX, because I've read that it's…
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How do I configure FreeNX APPLICATION_LIBRARY_PRELOAD to the correct directory?

The FreeNX server gives the following error on startup: APPLICATION_LIBRARY_PRELOAD [...] /usr/lib/libX11.so could not be found. The thing is that /usr/lib/libX11.so library is already installed, except on my system it's in the directory…
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Unable to connect to nxserver

I've installed nx & freenx on a RHEL 6.3 via the 'yum install nx freenx' command. In the configuration file, node.conf, I've un-commented the following…
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Windows NX client can't connect to FreeNX server

After my Centos 6 server was powered down without a clean shutdown, I can't connect to the FreeNX service. I get errors like: xrdb: No such file or directory xrdb: Can't open display ':1001' How can I fix this?
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FreeNX 0.7.3 under CentOS 6.3 - Negotiating link parameters

since some days I try to get freenx (CentOS package 0.7.3) running under CentOS 6.3. It is like found on many websites: First login is successfull, after that all login attempts fail with the negotiation error. A simple ssh with the same username to…
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Does FreeNX work with Nomachine Web Companion?

I have a working installation of the open source FreeNX, where I used this how to. It mentions You can also embed your NX Server in a webpage by installing the Nomachine Web Companion and the Apache webserver Does that mean, that the java plugin…
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