-->This document describes how to install and configure a program called NX-CLIENT.
Note: If you have a slow connection to the Internet, NX-Client may not work satisfactorily for you.
NX makes it possible to run any graphical application on any operating system across any network connection. Via NX accessing remote desktops, servers and applications, where ever their location, is just as fast, easy and secure as if you were sitting in front of them.
NX-Client allows external students, remotely connecting to our computer system (named turing), to use the same programs available to on-campus students connecting to turing (programs such as xemacs/emacs, gvim/vim, R, gnuplot, scilab, the C++ compiler g++, ..., javac (the Java compiler) and java (the Java Virtual Machine) , etc).
The nx-client program will present a graphical environment with the same look and feel as the graphical environments used by on-campus students (who are logging into their computer accounts via the on-campus lab computers).
NX-CLIENT is available for various operating systems including Linux, MS-Windows and Mac OSX. You need to download the appropriate NX-Client program to your computer system, install it on your system, and then configure it.