Re: [coLinux-devel] NX + coLinux = Killer App

[Nathan C. <nat...@ya...>]

I always tunnel my VNC sessions through SSH... so, why
should I use NX instead?

--Nathan


--- Dan Milisic <dmi...@ca...> wrote:
> Hi...
> 
> Has anyone else tried NX under coLinux?  It's truly
> amazing...  I had 
> trouble getting NX to run on the coLinux 'standard'
> Debian image 
> yesterday, so I cooked up a Fedora Core 2 image and
> installed the NX 
> Server Personal Edition without any problems.
> 
> NX Provides X11 while the coLinux VM hums along in
> the background.  
> Here's a screenshot of NX running a Gnome 2.6
> session on my dual-head 
> WinXP notebook:
> 
> http://66.207.121.60/harmony.jpg
> 
> Set-up is very simple -- all that needs to be done
> is install the NX 
> Server .rpm on the coLinux 'virtual' machine and
> install the NX Client 
> exe on the Windows machine.  In my situation I use
> NAT to network 
> coLinux.  Accessing the coLinux VM from anywhere on
> the 'Net (securely) 
> is as simple as forwarding port 22 in Windows ICS
> (Internet Connection 
> Sharing) to the coLinux machine's private IP, and
> hitting the external 
> IP of  your Windows box with the NX Client.  NX will
> tunnel X over SSH 
> so this is much more desirable than VNC. 
> Performance and stability have 
> been great thusfar. 
> 
> FYI, The FC2 Linux install is a 1GB compressed image
> (approximately 
> 400MB compressed).  If there's interest I can upload
> it to anyone who 
> wants to host and share.  Gnome 2.6 is sweet!
> 
> D.
> 
> 
> 
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