远程桌面(Remote Desktop)是当今使用最广泛的软件类别之一。远程桌面(Desktop)可帮助您获得支持，在世界任何地方提供演示和演示。它可用于团队内部或外部的任何协作目的。虽然网上有很多免费的远程桌面软件(free remote desktop software)。我们将在这篇文章中探索一个免费的替代方案，它被称为NoMachine。
NoMachine是一款免费的跨平台无服务器远程桌面工具，可让您使用 NX 视频协议在计算机上设置远程桌面服务器。客户端可用于从世界任何地方连接到服务器。
NoMachine 远程桌面工具
顾名思义，NoMachine意味着您的计算机和您要连接的计算机之间没有服务器或设备。该应用程序使用底层的最新技术，使您能够以最高质量共享您的桌面，而且无需任何基础设施。
本质上，该应用程序让您做的是创建一个远程桌面(Remote Desktop)服务器。设置服务器后，您可以使用NoMachine客户端从任何地方连接它。NoMachine 客户端(NoMachine Client)和服务器(Server)包含在同一个应用程序本身中。
要连接到您创建的服务器，您只需要运行服务的主机地址和端口号即可。您可以根据用例和要求轻松管理服务器的安全性和功能。
该应用程序使用开发人员内部开发的NX 协议。(NX Protocol)该协议已针对远程桌面连接和其他类似用例进行了优化。在服务器设置下，您可以配置计算机上的 NX 服务设置。
首先，您可以根据需要选择自动或手动启动模式。您还可以定义服务端口，默认设置为 4000。
安全
谈到服务器的安全性，您可以启用连接权限或让服务器打开以供任何人连接。此外，您甚至可以启用远程用户与远程桌面交互的要求权限。这意味着用户将默认以仅查看模式连接到服务器。还有一些安全功能，例如一旦客户端连接，程序将使物理屏幕空白，以便本地用户无法使用计算机。或者它可以在客户端断开连接后自动锁定计算机。
其他设置
NoMachine还允许您将服务器的硬件转发给客户端。基本上(Basically)，您可以选择可供连接客户端使用的设备。这些设备包括磁盘、打印机、USB 设备(Devices)、智能卡读卡器(Smart Card Readers)和网络端口(Network Ports)。
此外，该应用程序还支持文件传输，并允许客户端将任何文件上传到服务器。您可以定义最大文件大小并选择存储文件的目录。您甚至可以从设置中为客户端启用文件下载。
性能功能可让您指定一些与视频流相关的设置。您可以使用特定的显示编码并为视频流设置最低FPS。请记住，更多的FPS意味着使用更多的资源。如果您的计算机支持，您还可以启用GPU加速以进行显示处理。
客户
如前所述，客户端也可以从同一个应用程序访问，并且是服务器提供的所有功能的简洁实现。您可以借助主机地址和端口号连接到全球任何一台计算机。该程序还将自动扫描您网络中的任何NoMachine服务器。该客户端非常易于使用和设置，并且与您可能使用过的任何其他远程桌面(Remote Desktop)客户端非常相似。
NoMachine完全免费，无需注册。使用此工具设置服务器非常简单。此外，该应用程序是跨平台的，适用于Windows、Linux、Mac、iOS、Android，甚至适用于Raspberry Pi和ARM等(ARM)IOT硬件。单击此处(here)(here)下载 NoMachine。
NoMachine is a free and portable Remote Desktop Tool for Windows PC
Remote Desktop is one of the most widely used software category these days. Remote Desktop helps you in getting support, in delivering presentations and demos from anywhere in the world. It can be used for any collaboration purpose within or outside your team. While there are a quite a few free remote desktop software available online. We are going to explore a free alternative in this post and it is called NoMachine.
NoMachine is a free, cross-platform, serverless remot e desktop tool that lets you setup a remote desktop server on your computer using the NX video protocol. The client can be used to connect to the server from anywhere in the world.
NoMachine Remote Desktop Tool
As the name suggests, NoMachine means no servers or devices in between your computer and the computer you want to connect to. The application uses the latest technology underneath that enables you to share your desktop at the highest quality and that too without any infrastructure.
What essentially the application lets you do is create a Remote Desktop server. Once you have setup the server, you can use NoMachine client to connect with it from anywhere. NoMachine Client and Server are included in the same application itself.
To connect to the server you created, all you need is the host address and the port number on which the service is running on. You can easily manage your server’s security and features as per your use case and requirements.
The application uses NX Protocol which has been developed in-house by the developers. The protocol has been optimized for remote desktop connections and other similar use cases. Under the server settings, you can configure the NX service settings on your computer.
Firstly, you can choose the start mode as automatic or manual as required. You can also define the service port, which is set to 4000 by default.
Security
Talking about the server’s security, you can enable permission on connect or leave the server open to connect for anyone. Furthermore, you can even enable require permission for the remote user to interact with the remote desktop. Which means that the user will be connected to the server in view-only mode by default. There are a few more security features such as the program will blank the physical screen once a client has connected so that local user cannot use the computer. Or it can automatically lock the computer after the client has disconnected.
Other Settings
NoMachine also lets you forward the server’s hardware to the client. Basically, you can choose the devices that are available to a connected client. The devices include disks, printers, USB Devices, Smart Card Readers and Network Ports.
Moreover, the application also supports file transfers and lets client upload any file to the server. You can define the maximum file size and select the directory where the files are stored. You can even enable file downloading for clients from the settings.
The performance features let you specify some settings related to video streaming. You can use a specific display encoding and set minimum FPS for video streaming. Remember that more FPS means more resources are used. You can also enable GPU acceleration for display processing if your computer supports.
Client
As mentioned, the client is also accessible from the same application and is a neat implementation of all the features offered by the server. You can connect to any computer worldwide with the help of their host address and port number. The program will also automatically scan for any NoMachine servers in your network. The client is pretty easy to use and setup and works pretty much like any other Remote Desktop client that you might have used.
NoMachine is completely free and does not require sign-up. It is very simple to setup a server using this tool. Moreover, the application is cross-platform and is available for Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS, Android and even for IOT hardware such as Raspberry Pi and ARM. Click here to download NoMachine.
