While you’re there, you might as well download the Windows NX client: The above page shows a few links to different distribution packages. On the Ubuntu server, download the Debian package from the following link: Note: Regarding security, the following page states that both the commercial and free versions of NoMachine (NX) support encryption “”. We’ll then be able to control the Ubuntu server using the Gnome GUI from a Windows 11 client. This tutorial shows how to install NX on a Ubuntu server, and NX on a Windows 11 client. NX is opensource (there’s a commercial version), supports encryption, and can be installed on Linux, Windows, and MacOS. Maybe this fits your case better since you were asking about installing NoMachine player.NX is an alternative to VNC allowing management of a remote system. Intended for the 'Enterprises', as the name implies, but you can surely install as well. Consider also that there is the Enterprise Client available, that doesn't include any server software. If the server is shut down, and told to not start at startup, nobody will be able to connect and nobody will be able to visualize your desktop, so 'disabling desktop sharing' won't even be necessary because no process will be running after a shutdown.įorgot to say. If you want to do it directly from the server settings, from the same monitor menu choose 'Show the service status' and then select 'Shutdown the server'. You will be asked if you want to run the NoMachine application at the next startup: choose 'No' to disable the automatic start of NoMachine services at boot time. If you want to shutdown the server, from the same monitor menu, choose 'Close the NoMachine application'. If you want to 'disable desktop sharing' you can simply do it by doing click on the 'Accepting connection is enabled' in the !M monitor (in system tray). You should do a 'Shutdown', not a 'Stop' of the server.

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