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A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2015/08/21 01:28 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/45.0.2454.37 Safari/537.36 IP-Address : 96.245.198.248 Hostname : pool-96-245-198-248.phlapa.fios.verizon.net Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:faq:start?rev=1440120023 New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:faq:start Edit Summary: [Can I install FreeNX and X2Go Server on one system?] Updates for 3.5.0.x, upstream development, and NX3 discontinuation User : mikedep333 @@ -12,17 +12,15 @@ X2Go also performs SSH authentication in a different manner than NoMachine does. ==== Can I install FreeNX and X2Go Server on one system? ==== - Yes - the NX libraries of X2Go are actually the most recent versions of NXv3 libs available (including our own patch set). NoMachine is about to drop the NXv3 development branch completely and NXv4 will be released as closed source only :-(. - - Due to these circumstances in the future the X2Go project will be upstream source for NXv3 libs for quite some distributions like Debian or Ubuntu. + Yes - the NX libraries of X2Go are actually the most recent stable versions of NXv3 libs available. They are 3.5.0.x. They include the patchset developed by X2Go and [[https://github.com/ArcticaProject/nx-libs|others]] NoMachine dropped the NXv3 development branch completely and NXv4 was released as closed source only :-(. In former times the NX libs shipped with X2Go installed into an X2Go'ish location so that they would not interfere with the original NX libraries. Nowadays the NX libs shipped with X2Go work as a replacement for the NXv3 that are not maintained by NoMachine anymore. - (This FAQ article has been written by Mike Gabriel, if someone does not agree with the given information on NoMachine, please be so kind to contact me, so that we can discuss it and possibly correct errors in the given information). + (This FAQ article has been written by Mike Gabriel and Mike DePaulo. If someone does not agree with the given information on NoMachine, please be so kind to contact us, so that we can discuss it and possibly correct errors in the given information). ==== Why are you using the terms "nx-libs" and "NX libraries"? X2Go clearly uses the 2 executables nxproxy & nxagent? ==== Basically: -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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21 Aug '15

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2015/08/21 01:20 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/45.0.2454.37 Safari/537.36 IP-Address : 96.245.198.248 Hostname : pool-96-245-198-248.phlapa.fios.verizon.net Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:faq:start?rev=1440119320 New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:faq:start Edit Summary: Add: Why Am I told to enable X11 forwarding with X2Go? I thought that X2Go uses nx-libs instead of X11 forwarding! User : mikedep333 @@ -57,8 +57,14 @@ - zlib is generic lossless compression, so it is not well-suited for images. nx-libs acheives better performance by using compression methods such as JPEG (default, lossy) or PNG (lossless.) - XCB applications are still partially hindered by round-trips, and nx-libs eliminates more of those round-trips. See [[https://lwn.net/Articles/343506/|Bart Massey's explanation]] for more info. The 1st 2 performance improvements also reduce bandwidth usage; which has the effect of improving performance when other users are sharing the same WAN link. + + ==== Why Am I told to enable X11 forwarding with X2Go? I thought that X2Go uses nx-libs instead of X11 forwarding! ==== + + The simple answer is that the OpenSSH server treats the connection differently (in such a way that degrades nx-libs performance) unless X11 forwarding is enabled. + + [[https://www.nomachine.com/AR05D00391|See NoMachine's explanation for more info.]] ==== What is the difference to LTSP? Why a free thin client environment? ==== LTSP requires a high bandwidth on your network. It can efficiently be used in Local Area Networks (LANs) only. -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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21 Aug '15

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2015/08/21 01:08 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/45.0.2454.37 Safari/537.36 IP-Address : 96.245.198.248 Hostname : pool-96-245-198-248.phlapa.fios.verizon.net Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:faq:start?rev=1440117653 New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:faq:start Edit Summary: Add: Why not just use X11 forwarding over SSH? This is what Keith Package recommended. User : mikedep333 @@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ Nowadays the NX libs shipped with X2Go work as a replacement for the NXv3 that are not maintained by NoMachine anymore. (This FAQ article has been written by Mike Gabriel, if someone does not agree with the given information on NoMachine, please be so kind to contact me, so that we can discuss it and possibly correct errors in the given information). - ==== Why are you using the terms "nx-libs" and "NX libraries" when X2Go uses the 2 executables nxproxy & nxagent? ==== + ==== Why are you using the terms "nx-libs" and "NX libraries"? X2Go clearly uses the 2 executables nxproxy & nxagent? ==== Basically: - That is the term that was always used. @@ -43,8 +43,22 @@ Only the 1st 3 are libraries. Having separate tarballs made maintenance more difficult, so they were combined into one as the X2Go project started redistributing them. + + ==== Why not just use X11 forwarding over SSH? This is what Keith Package recommended. ==== + + You are probably referring to the [[http://keithp.com/~keithp/talks/lbxpost/|LBX post-mortem]] + + It is true that X11 forwarding's performance can be improved by SSH's zlib compression and by the use of XCB rather than xlib. + + However, nx-libs performs 3 additional performance improvements: + + - nx-libs caches images, so that they do not have to be resent. For example, opening up your "start menu" is very fast the 2nd and 3rd time that you do so. + - zlib is generic lossless compression, so it is not well-suited for images. nx-libs acheives better performance by using compression methods such as JPEG (default, lossy) or PNG (lossless.) + - XCB applications are still partially hindered by round-trips, and nx-libs eliminates more of those round-trips. See [[https://lwn.net/Articles/343506/|Bart Massey's explanation]] for more info. + + The 1st 2 performance improvements also reduce bandwidth usage; which has the effect of improving performance when other users are sharing the same WAN link. ==== What is the difference to LTSP? Why a free thin client environment? ==== LTSP requires a high bandwidth on your network. It can efficiently be used in Local Area Networks (LANs) only. -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2015/08/21 00:40 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/45.0.2454.37 Safari/537.36 IP-Address : 96.245.198.248 Hostname : pool-96-245-198-248.phlapa.fios.verizon.net Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:faq:start?rev=1440117410 New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:faq:start Edit Summary: Rework: Is X2Go compatible with NoMachine's NX or freeNX? User : mikedep333 @@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ ==== Is X2Go compatible with NoMachine's NX or freeNX? ==== No. It is not possible to use NX client to log on to an X2Go server and vice versa. - Even though X2Go uses the same libraries, X2Go aims for an even greater integration into the Linux environment. + X2Go does use the same libraries for graphics, keyboard/mouse input, and clipboard sharing. However, X2Go aims for an even greater integration into the Linux environment. Therefore, X2Go performs session handling in an incompatible manner. X2Go also performs SSH authentication in a different manner than NoMachine does. ==== Can I install FreeNX and X2Go Server on one system? ==== -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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21 Aug '15

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2015/08/21 00:36 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/45.0.2454.37 Safari/537.36 IP-Address : 96.245.198.248 Hostname : pool-96-245-198-248.phlapa.fios.verizon.net Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:faq:start?rev=1440117319 New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:faq:start Edit Summary: Forgot to add heading for "Server" FAQ" User : mikedep333 @@ -52,8 +52,10 @@ However, X2Go is not a mere solution for local area networks, but it also allows for the integration of a mobile network into the system. Nomachine’s NX libraries - used by X2Go - enable the transport of whole desktop sessions over a narrow bandwith connection through the internet. Further bonuses of X2Go are that you can pause a desktop session and take it to a different thin client for further use. + + ===== Server FAQ ===== ==== What are the packages x2goserver-home and x2goserver-one for? ==== Both packages (''x2goserver-home'', ''x2goserver-one'') are obsolete as of April 2011. They have been removed from the current .deb repositories and they should not be used anymore (in fact they break your system). On .deb based system they will automatically be uninstalled with an update of the ''x2goserver'' package. -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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21 Aug '15

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2015/08/21 00:35 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/45.0.2454.37 Safari/537.36 IP-Address : 96.245.198.248 Hostname : pool-96-245-198-248.phlapa.fios.verizon.net Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:faq:start?rev=1440116127 New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:faq:start Edit Summary: Add: Why are you using the terms "nx-libs" and "NX libraries" when X2Go uses the 2 executables nxproxy & nxagent? User : mikedep333 @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ ====== FAQ ====== For those who want to find reasons for certain behavious of X2Go, read here: [[http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/wiki:development:debugging|How To Debug or Troubleshoot your X2Go installation]] - ===== Server FAQ ===== + ===== NX FAQ ===== ==== Is X2Go compatible with NoMachine's NX or freeNX? ==== No. It is not possible to use NX client to log on to an X2Go server and vice versa. @@ -22,8 +22,30 @@ Nowadays the NX libs shipped with X2Go work as a replacement for the NXv3 that are not maintained by NoMachine anymore. (This FAQ article has been written by Mike Gabriel, if someone does not agree with the given information on NoMachine, please be so kind to contact me, so that we can discuss it and possibly correct errors in the given information). + + ==== Why are you using the terms "nx-libs" and "NX libraries" when X2Go uses the 2 executables nxproxy & nxagent? ==== + + Basically: + + - That is the term that was always used. + - Libraries are created also from the source package. + - Those libraries define the NX protocol. + + Note that originally, "nx-libs" was not a single git repo. Instead, it was 7 separate tarballs: + + - nxcomp + - nxcompext + - nxcompshad + - nxproxy + - nxagent + - nxauth + - nx-X11 + + Only the 1st 3 are libraries. + + Having separate tarballs made maintenance more difficult, so they were combined into one as the X2Go project started redistributing them. ==== What is the difference to LTSP? Why a free thin client environment? ==== LTSP requires a high bandwidth on your network. It can efficiently be used in Local Area Networks (LANs) only. -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 21 Aug '15

21 Aug '15

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2015/08/21 00:15 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/45.0.2454.37 Safari/537.36 IP-Address : 96.245.198.248 Hostname : pool-96-245-198-248.phlapa.fios.verizon.net Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:faq:start?rev=1440115224 New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:faq:start Edit Summary: Update FAQ about NoMachine compatibility User : mikedep333 @@ -3,11 +3,15 @@ For those who want to find reasons for certain behavious of X2Go, read here: [[http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/wiki:development:debugging|How To Debug or Troubleshoot your X2Go installation]] ===== Server FAQ ===== - ==== Is X2Go compatible with nomachines NX or freeNX? ==== + ==== Is X2Go compatible with NoMachine's NX or freeNX? ==== - No even though X2Go uses the same libraries, X2Go aims for an even greater integration into the Linux environment. It’s not possible to use NX client to log on to an X2Go server and vice versa. + No. It is not possible to use NX client to log on to an X2Go server and vice versa. + + Even though X2Go uses the same libraries, X2Go aims for an even greater integration into the Linux environment. + + X2Go also performs SSH authentication in a different manner than NoMachine does. ==== Can I install FreeNX and X2Go Server on one system? ==== Yes - the NX libraries of X2Go are actually the most recent versions of NXv3 libs available (including our own patch set). NoMachine is about to drop the NXv3 development branch completely and NXv4 will be released as closed source only :-(. -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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