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--- doc:howto:nx-libs-betatesting [2017/01/04 16:03]
stefanbaur [What is Arctica and what do they have to do with X2Go and NX-Libs?]
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stefanbaur [Installation Instructions]
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 The [[https://arctica-project.org/|Arctica Project]] is a fork/spin-off of X2Go, and overlapping with X2Go in several goals as well as the names of the volunteers involved.
-Currently, one of the main sub-projects within the Arctica project is the task of updating the NX-Libraries (the code that NoMachines was forced to release under GPL, on which FreeNX, NeatX, X2Go etc. all depend).
+Currently, one of the most important sub-projects within the Arctica project is the task of updating the NX-Libraries (the code that NoMachines was forced to release under GPL, on which FreeNX, NeatX, X2Go etc. all depend).
-Some X2Go volunteers are joining in on that effort as well, also, there are sponsors involved, namely Qindel/TheQVD, who both work on improving the NX-Libs themselves as well as paying others to do so.
+Some X2Go volunteers are joining in on that effort as well, also, there are sponsors involved, namely [[http://theqvd.com/|Qindel/TheQVD]], who work on improving the NX-Libs themselves as well as paying others to do so.
 From time to time, Arctica will bundle up a release (see e.g. the announcement here: https://sunweavers.net/blog/node/52), but they provide nightly builds as well: https://sunweavers.net/blog/node/20.
+It is possible to "pimp" X2Go with these newer NX-Libs, though we strongly advise against doing so on a production server.
+Please, try this on a test server, not on your production machine, and always make a backup copy before installing/upgrading.
+That said, we are heavily interested in finding betatesters, so these new NX-Libs may become part of X2Go proper in the future.
+If you're able and willing to test, then please read on.
 ===== Installation Instructions =====
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 It has been tested with Ubuntu Server 16.04, with the "regular" (non-nightly) Arctica repository.
-Everything else is still avaiting tests by volunteers like you.
+Everything else is still awaiting tests by volunteers like you.
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+===== Reporting Bugs =====
+Please follow the instructions listed at [[wiki:bugs#reporting_bugs]].  Do subscribe to the X2Go-Dev Mailing List beforehand, please (instructions on how to do that are linked within that page).
+It may well be possible that your bug report gets forwarded to Arctica, so you might want to subscribe to their mailing list(s) as well.
 Credits: Most of the content of the initial revision of this page stems from an E-Mail by Walid Moghrabi, with some additional remarks by Ulrich Sibiller.

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