Installing FreeNX under Ubuntu 9.04
Intro
FreeNX allows you to access to a machine remotely via ssh. The display is more powerful compared to X11 over ssh and it can be describe as an equivalent of Windows Terminal Services.
FreeNX is a free NX server using the NX protocol.
Installation of FreeNX under Ubuntu 9.04.
==Installing the ssh server==
sudo apt-get install openssh-server
Adding FreeNX components
In your
/etc/apt/sources.list file add:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/freenx-team/ubuntu jaunty main
Installing FreeNX
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install freenx
You can now access your NX server with any NX client (you can find NX clients for Linux, Windows and MacOSX on
http://www.nomachine.com/download.php)
Note
If you run the ssh server on a port other than 22, change the configuration of FreeNX:
In
/etc/nxserver/node.conf, add:
SSHD_PORT=11122
Remember to restart your server NX:
sudo /etc/init.d/freenx-server stop
sudo /etc/init.d/freenx-server start