Linux Journal: The Arrival of NX, Part 1 | Linux Today

Linux Journal: The Arrival of NX, Part 1

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 31, 2005

“NX is a new technology that allows one to run remote X11
sessions across slow or low-bandwidth network connections. User
experience with NX is one of excellent responsiveness. Users with
previous remote X11 session experience are stunned by NX’s speed
and its snappy application interaction. Moreover, NX also can
connect to remote RDP and VNC sessions and offer big performance
wins over TightVNC and rdesktop remote access. NX can do all of
this from Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris and Windows workstations as well
as from some types of PDA gadgets…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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