A question about using NoMachine to simulate external monitor

[ilker]

Hi all,

I want to use iMac’s monitor, keyboard and mouse as peripherals of my linux laptop. Because of Apple restrictions you can’t use iMac as an external monitor (that is another story). A workaround is using NoMachine to connect to linux laptop from iMac, both are on my desk, side to side. So I see two mirrored screens. It works perfectly fine and with no lags.

Here is my question, is there any way to view different screens on remote and local monitors ? So that it will be like having two monitors; one built-in and the other external.

Alternatively, a simpler task (I think), say I want an app window never send to remote connections, just shown in the built-in monitor. Thus invisible in remote connections. Is it possible ?

thanks.

 

 

[fra81]

Hi ilker,

you may need to run a virtual session on your linux laptop, so that the physical desktop will not be affected by what you run remotely. Virtual sessions are supported by the NoMachine Workstation product. You can find the evaluation version here: https://www.nomachine.com/download-enterprise.

Alternatively, you can try the instructions of this article: https://www.nomachine.com/AR10K00710. There is explained how to manually setup a virtual X server.

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