FreeNX on Ubuntu in 5 minutes

The last time I tried installing FreeNX was on Suse about 3 years ago. So again frustrated with the speed of VNC I tried FreeNX again this time on Ubuntu 9.04 following this guide.

  • Ensure SSH server is installed or sudo apt-get install openssh-server
  • Install nx client, then node, then server using the deb packages downloaded from here.
  • Start NX server with sudo /etc/init.d/nxserver start
  • sudo ln -s /usr/NX/bin/nxclient /usr/bin/nxclient
  • Run nxclient from the command line or create a Menu Shortcut if necessary

Five minutes and FreeNX working … sweet!

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