Guess everyone heard about VNC to control a computer over the network but what about NX?
In the past I always thought that there were only two good ways to control a computer remotely.
The first would be using VNC and the second would be Windows Remote connection.
Thought these two options work fairly well for a LAN or possibly an intranet WAN, the truth is that both are a serious pain to use over the Internet due to their slug performance.
Meet NX.
This is a freeware server/client remote control software strictly for linux/solaris machines.
The client itself can also be used from Windows or MacOSX environments and this works fast!
I'm not joking about being fast. Their compression algorithm is extremelly efficient. I suspect that both client and server work together to save as much bandwidth as possible and only sending the bare minimal changes to update the client's display in contrast to VNC or RDP that output the full screen.
So impressive that it still works incredibly quick over the 3G modem dialup connection from my laptop.
Not that I complain from working remotely using a remote ssh session but it's always nice to work with a desktop to get some things done right.
Here's the link:
http://www.nomachine.com
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