From 091e06e47dc8a0dc331d235c3087d9e0510916c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ulrich Sibiller Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 18:57:12 +0100 Subject: README.md: add references to maintained opennx, rxclient and freenx repos Addresses ArcticaProject/nx-libs#882 --- README.md | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8470199f9..55082451a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ Our intentions for nx-libs are: * provide _one_ tarball for distribution packagers * provide support for security issues * provide support for latest X11 extensions -* improve NX where possible +* improve NX where possible while still staying compatible to FreeNX and NoMachine 3.x + This source tree is maintained on Github: @@ -182,3 +183,24 @@ For RedHat based distributions current packages can be found at https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/?packages=nx-libs Please note that these are not always current as the builds are done manually. + + +## Compatibility with other NX based software + +FreeNX is a free replacement of the original nxserver by +nomachine. OpenNX-CE is OSS GUI client replacing the original +nomachine nxclient. nx-libs is developed with those projects in mind +and tries to stay compatible with FreeNX and nomachine NX. While +looking abandoned for many years some people are still using and +improving these packages. For current repos see + +* https://github.com/dimbor-ru/freenx-server +* https://github.com/dimbor-ru/opennx + +Thanks to dimbor for providing/maintaining these. + +Etersoft is offering a commercial software called RX. Their OSS client +called rxclient also aims to be compatible to FreeNX and nomachine and +is based on opennx. You can find repos for their software here: +* https://github.com/Etersoft/rxclient +* https://github.com/Etersoft/rx-etersoft -- cgit v1.2.3