How can I check whether the hardware decoding on the server is working?Ĭonnect to the remote desktop and open the connection menu Ctrl-Alt-0. The number of virtual desktops cannot exceed 4, the total number of connections is unlimited. If other users want to connect to these virtual desktops, they can view and interact (if permitted by the owner of the desktop). So the example I gave earlier with Workstation – 4 single users can connect and each have their own Linux desktop, each one is separate from the other. Or do you want people to be able to connect to their own individual desktop, where each of these desktops is running on the same host? If so, this is what we call Linux Terminal Server.

This is also what the free edition does, with the exception of only one connection being allowed at any one time. All users can connect with their own account and they will all see the same activity on the remote desktop. You previously wrote “Now we would like to be able to connect more then one person to the server.”ĭo you want people to connect to the same remote desktop, so they all see the same thing? If so, you need Enterprise Desktop.

On the connecting side you can either keep NoMachine (the free server/client) or if you just want the client, download and install Enterprise Client for your OS. You can download the evaluation software of all Enterprise products by opening the menu on the website -> Download -> NoMachine Enterprise Products Evaluation.

What is the difference between physical desktop and virtual desktop? Compare the free version with Enterprise Desktop here. If, on the other hand, you want multiple users to be able to connect to the same physical desktop so they are all seeing the same thing, Enterprise Desktop will let you do this. If you want to be able to run multiple individual desktops on the same Linux host and each user connect to their own, you could start with the Workstation edition which allows up to 4 Linux desktop (what we call virtual desktops). I think you should start your comparison here:

Nomachine free vs enterprise