How can I specify the window manager?

[balor123]

I’m just trying out NX 4. I used NX 3 for a few years and am missing a feature. I used to be able to specify the window manager to use (I like IceWM) but I don’t seem to have that feature anymore. Is that correct?

[Britgirl]

Hi,

When creating a new virtual desktop on the server host, the NoMachine server starts the default desktop as set on the system.

If you want to run a different window manager/DE, you can choose to run a custom session (click the link ‘New virtual desktop or custom session’) and specifying the WM to run in ‘Run the following command’ in the successive panel.

Alternatively, you can set it on the server by editing the configuration files. The following articles provide more information about this:

Desktops environments supported by NoMachine 4 – http://www.nomachine.com/AR10K00725

How to run a desktop environment on Linux different from the default one with NoMachine 4 – https://www.nomachine.com/AR04K00667

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