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FreeNX Terminal Server Setup on SUSE 10

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the helpful-hints dept.

TRussell writes to tell us that Mad Penguin recently had the opportunity to review SUSE 10 and found that they had included the latest version of FreeNX on their installation media. FreeNX is a relatively new technology for remote display providing "near local speed application responsiveness over high latency, low bandwidth links." The article provides a nice guide on how to get it set up for several different operating systems.

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  1. Re:Application? by the+roAm · · Score: 2, Informative

    *sigh* Don't post if you don't know what TFA is about. http://freenx.berlios.de/info.php

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  2. Re:Application? by CableModemSniper · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Slow latency. I do not think that means what you think it means.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latency_(engine ering)

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  3. Re:Application? by sean1121 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Excuse my ignorance, but how many connections are "high latency, low bandwidth"

    Dialup is high latency, low bandwidth.

    Dialup? Slow latency.

    I think your confused here. Latency is the time it takes for a packet to reach its destination. (And get back if talking round trip time) Bandwidth is how much data can be transmitted per second. See here

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  4. Speed by Seraphim_72 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Is it just me or are the speed claims overblown by NX? I have run it between work and home and I really dont see any diff between VNC and NX. NX seems to need to totally refresh the screen like VNC does and what ever compresssion it uses seems to not give it any advantage. What are your thoughts?

    Seraphim

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    1. Re:Speed by golgotha007 · · Score: 4, Informative

      Ok, just ran a few quick tests:

      Basically, there's a server on my local network that's routed via two different machines and going over a VPN (our WAN has about 2500 customers on it..). With VNC, it's not too bad. If I grab a window and yank it around the screen, there are some redraw issues and it basically looks like a slideshow.

      So, I decided to give FreeNX a try.

      I'm using FC4 on both client and server. I simply grabbed some RPMS (easy to follow instructions) here, loaded them up and I was off and running.

      First impressions: wow! holy crap! I can now grab a window and yank it around the desktop with near fluid speed. Everything is highly responsive. I'm a big fan of VNC and have used it for many years now, but I think it's time to switch.

      Keep in mind that this test was made over a low latent connection and with decent throughput.

    2. Re:Speed by golgotha007 · · Score: 2, Informative

      I don't normally respond to my own posts, but I provided an incorrect link for the installation instructions for Fedora.

      Here are the Fedora instructions

  5. Re:Application? by Daxster · · Score: 2, Funny

    Alright alright, cheers. I was thinking of high latency meaning..short travel times.

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