The NoMachine NX library is basically a derivative of DXPC.
It is stated in wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NX_technology
"The NX scheme was derived from that of DXPC – the Differential X Protocol Compressor project".
So while ssh -C -X
simply compresses whatever you feed it with (in your case, an X session), NX goes the extra mile to NOT send the 'unchanged' bits of information that it has already sent, thus the 'differential' term. Once what needs to be sent has been decided, nx will actually use ssh (or rather an nx derivative of ssh, nxssh
to transmit session information).
So there is no way that the ssh -X -C
will be as efficient as setting up an nx session. (nxclient is only one end of the deal btw, you will need the corresponding nxserver - i.e you cannot just replace the nxclient with ssh -X).
EDIT (as per requested):
As far as speeding up the ssh
, I can only go as far as saying that using compressiong -C
generally helps. This is backed up in this question.
Perhaps one can also consider switching to very lightweight desktop environments, such as xfce
or even simpler like fluxbox
. Of course this will only help with window drawing operations rather than with speeding up the content in the windows but still.
ssh -X
could be up to par withnxclient
? – oaskamay Jun 5 '13 at 18:34