FreeNX / NX | Research IT Core Services

FreeNX / NX

Description

FreeNX is an exciting technology that provides high responsiveness from X-based applications, even over a high latency, low bandwidth network. It is based on data compression, session resilience and resource management on top of X-Window system. These core set of libraries are provided in a GPL'd license by http://www.nomachine.com. FreeNX is a set of shell scripts that implement the NX server, but with GPL license.

Support

The software is installed as found; some support will be provided but we cannot guarantee that all applications will run smoothly.
If it doesn't work at your home, simply use the SSL gateway or another SSH client.
You can nevertheless report any problem or comment to by emailing help@bmi.cchmc.org.

Important Notes

If your client is a Mac OS X Lion (10.7.x), NX client does not work. Please read about OpenNX instead and use that.

Documentation

Need Help?

For technical assistance with other research software, email software@bmi.cchmc.org. For basic desktop support or assistance with clinical information systems, call the Cincinnati Children's Service Desk, 513-636-4100, or visit the Information Services CenterLink site. UC employees should call the UCit Help Desk, 513-556-HELP.

A note about UCit software

UC researchers are served with desktop software by UCIT. In many cases this software is licensed specifically to UC employees only (i.e., people who receive paychecks from UC) or must be run on UC-owned or controlled equipment, making it inaccessible to Cincinnati Children's personnel. Please make sure you read the license agreement carefully before you use UC software.

Faculty and students of UC are eligible to purchase software from UC. However, when purchasing from UC, the license agreement states that the software can be installed only on your personally owned or UC-owned computer and not on machines owned by other institutions. Since Children’s Hospital is a separate entity from UC, installing software purchased from UC on CCHMC owned computers is a violation of that license agreement. There is a difference in the price of software purchased from Biomedical Informatics at Children’s Hospital versus from the UC Bookstore. This difference is because UC qualifies for the educational discount whereas Children’s Hospital does not. Although Cincinnati Children’s Hospital is affiliated with UC, we are not a degree granting institution. We are a hospital, therefore we only qualify for the healthcare/non-profit discount.