I had some work to do today (so I could leave things in a reasonable state for people next week when I was on vacation). One of the things that I dislike about working on my laptop is the production that I need to go through to have it run on my desktop monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc. This is in large part my own doing, since I'm not too keen on installing a KVM switch, since most that I've seen don't have decent DVI support. It wouldn't be much of an issue if my laptop ran Windows, since I could just remote desktop into it, and be on my merry way. But since I run linux, nothing is ever easy (the price that I pay to be DRM free).
In doing a quick scan of the web, I ran across NoMachine. I plopped the server on my laptop, installed the client on my Windows desktop machine, and connected right into my laptop. I didn't have to make any strange configuration changes on the laptop--I was able to connect right up and get working. So far, so good. I'm connected to the laptop, and the laptop itself is VPNed to work, and I'm able to chug away full-screen on my desktop. Best of all, I was able to install and use the free edition.
