NX compression protocol

• nxproxy - tool to efficent tunnel X protocol

remote clients (xterm, etc.)
            ↕
      nxproxy client
            ↕
         Network
            ↕
      nxproxy server
            ↕
local X server (monitor/keyboard)

• nxagent - designed to run on remote client with nxproxy. It keeps virtual desktop like console screen application. It support suspend/resume of sessions.

 remote clients (xterm, etc.)
            ↕
  nxagent server side \
  nxagent client side   nxagent executable
     nxproxy client   /
            ↕
         Network
            ↕
      nxproxy server
            ↕
local X server (monitor/keyboard)

apt-get install nxagent nxproxy

• remote

Create display :8 on remote host:

nxproxy link=1m -C :8

• Local

Connect to remote display

nxproxy link=1 -S remote_host:8

• remote

  • xterm -display :8