Control Computers Remotely
NoMachine is very similar to VNC Viewer. However NoMachine has two advantages over VNC:
Faster performance (requires less data to be transmitted over the network)
Is more secure (Uses SSH as a default transmission)
Here’s how I got it up and running on my network…
Here’s how to control an Ubuntu 9.04 machine from a Windows 7 Laptop.
*Like any tutorial, read it first, understand it, then do it*
Install SSH on the Ubuntu Machine.
In terminal type > sudo aptitude install ssh
(Or use synaptic package manager)
Download the NoMachine (freeNX) client,node,and server from the website to the Ubuntu Desktop
In the ubuntu terminal browse to the folder you downloaded the files to.
cd ~/Desktop
Once at the directory, issue the following commands>
sudo dpkg -i nxclient_X.Y.Z-W_i386.deb (Replace _X.Y.Z with the actual .deb filename)
sudo dpkg -i nxnode_X.Y.Z-W_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i nxserver_X.Y.Z-W_i386.deb
* When you are typing commands in the terminal in Linux, you can hit the tab key and Linux will finish spelling out the file name for you*
So, to do the above commands quicker and to avoid spelling mistakes type
sudo dpkg -i nxclient[hit the TAB key now]
Linux should finish typing the rest of the nxclient file name for you.
Reboot your ubuntu machine.
Go to your Windows Machine and install the NoMachine client onto it.
Click here and read through the manual. You should be off to the races.