NX client, such as QtNX? freenx?

[skeezix]

Anyone had any luck with an NX client?


I did a quick port of QtNX, and also tried it under one of Stuckie's old Debian extends .. no luck; ran it, out of RAM; add a swap on SD, rtun it.. machine hangs after a minute. I've not had time to do some real debugging.. (keep an ssh open and check whats going on, or a serial cable if it gets really hairy.)


Just thought I'd post and see if anyone had any luck, with any NX client, or did some port work?


Strikes me we shoudl have the performance for it, if not the RAM. Be bloody handy to have


jeff


NX is a VNC - Remote Desktop type system; essentially a compressed X11 stream over ssh tunnel, works great in low or sensible banmdwidthd for a desktop-like feal remotely. Totally amazing. 100x times better than VNC where available.

 

[Silent-Hunter]

I still want this, if anyone has had any further luck, this would be awesome. This or Xpra!

 

[dimag0g]

What does NX add to plain SSH forwarding? I understand xpra keeps your session between disconnects, something SSH is unable to provide.

If NX provides compression that could serve in low-quality networks, but I value low CPU and memory usage above network efficiency.

Is there anything else about NX that sounds attractive?

 

[Silent-Hunter]

Yes, NX provides greater compression. I think it would be worth it for some people.

 

[dimag0g]

Yes, NX provides greater compression. I think it would be worth it for some people.

When I asked if there were anything else about NX, I meant anything other than compression. Like session management, or (why not) OpenGL forwarding...