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Remote Connection: Free NX vs. VNC

Apparently, there's some debate in the Linux world about remote connections. I've been using VNC for 8 years or so now. It's reliable, but definitely slow.

I've found that NoMachine's NX Server (free edition) suits my needs best. It works even better than Windows' Remote Desktop, and of course much better than VNC (which really stinks).

In my case, it opens a new session, when I connect to the server, but I think it can be configured to connect to an existing session as well.

You might want to give it a try: http://www.nomachine.com/products.php
I'll give it a try and get back to you all...

UPDATE: I've installed the server on both my laptop and my desktop Ubuntu machines following the instructions found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeNX. The results are astounding! While not identical in terms of functionality to VNC, I personally prefer the results. It's actually closer to an RDP session. I haven't tested the client to the fullest extent, but my initial impressions were that it's a WHOLE lot faster (near real-time on a LAN setup), and it doesn't interrupt any work being done on the machine by someone else (BIG bonus over VNC). That said, it wouldn't work as a training utility because if someone else were watching they wouldn't notice that someone else had connected.

All in all, I love it. Will use it going forward. The ubuntu.com post above has all the right install info needed to get going and I recommend the nomachine client over the open source ones (for now). The QTNX client in particular was pretty buggy for me...
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