Thread: Easy install FreeNX remote desktop on Ubuntu 10.04 server

Introduction

This is probably easiest way to install NX remote desktop for Ubuntu 10.04 , it may work with other debian based distros too. We will use FreeNX - it's free NX version.

Preparations

This will prepare PPA repository for package .

Code:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get -y install python-software-properties
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freenx-team
sudo apt-get update

Install NX server



I recommend you to install XFCE minimal session, it's not resource hungry, it needs less HDD space, it will need less RAM and if you want, later you can install everything else, for example: firefox, flashplugin, deluge GTK etc.

• XFCE (minimal desktop)
  
  Code:

  sudo apt-get install xfce4-session freenx-server

• Xubuntu (full desktop)
  
  Code:

  sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop freenx-server

• Ubuntu (full desktop)
  
  Code:

  sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop freenx-server

Connect from client

1. Download client for your OS from NoMachine website.
   Windows - Linux - Mac OS X
2. Install client
3. Create new connection using NX New connection wizard and use your SSH connection account details.
   Most importan part is to select correct session type. Session type depends on what you installed in first step.

• CDE session type - if you installed XUbuntu or XFCE
• Gnome session type - if you installed Ubuntu