Sudo apt-get install -no-install-recommends ubuntu-mate-core ubuntu-mate-desktop Sudo apt-get update & sudo apt-get upgrade Sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/trusty-mate Sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/ppa

Ubuntu 14.04 doesn't support the necessary 2D desktop, so you have to install something else.

Ubuntu 12.04: sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop.

that the remote machine has a desktop installed.

that you have SSH access to the remote machine.

The next steps, connecting to the remote machine, assumes: Install each, in order on both your remote machine and your local machine: These instructions cover use on Ubuntu 12.04 and 14.04 It will no doubt work with other distributions and versions, but my experience is limited to the two mentioned.ĭownload version 3.5 of the Client, Node and Server packages. There are other free software packages that use the same or similar protocol, but I do not have much experience with them: There is a new version 4 of nx from nomachine that is no longer free, so this tutorial only covers version 3.5 There are many such tools available, but I have found nxfree to be the most reliable and fluid when viewing remote dynamic graphs like the FFT GUI windows, scopes, etc. This tutorial will show you how to use nxfree 3.5, a remote desktop server/client solution from nomachine.

NOTE: This tutorial has been deprecated in GR 3.8.

Nomachine tutorial