[FreeNX-kNX] HOWTO Install FreeNX on a Windows Box

[Kurt Pfeifle]

On Saturday 16 October 2004 17:25, Doug Burks wrote:

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> Problem:
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> Let's say you want to be able to connect to a remote Windows 2000/XP
> box over a low-bandwidth connection that is not sufficient for VNC
> (even TightVNC).  If we could compress the VNC traffic with NX, then
> performance would be acceptable.  Now suppose that we can't install a
> separate PC to run Linux and FreeNX.  How do we install FreeNX on the
> Windows box itself?
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> Solution:
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> No, there isn't a native Windows port of the NX server
> components...yet :)  For the time being, however, you can run CoLinux
> on your Windows installation and then install FreeNX on the CoLinux
> instance.  Here's how:
> 1.  Go to the CoLinux Download page:

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> 8.  Configure the NX client to connect to the IP address of the
> CoLinux instance and do a VNC session to the IP address of the Windows
> box.  (If the Windows box has Terminal Services, then you could
> instead do an RDP session to the IP address of the Windows box.)
> 9.  Success!

Cool.

Actually I had thought to setup such a scenario once, but didnt find
time yet to do and test it. (I've done the same thing with a VMWare
instance running on the Windows machine). 

Could you relay some of your experience with this? What is it like 
compared to running TightVNC to directly access the Windows machine?

Cheers,
Kurt