How do you make X11 display over ssh connections faster?

I have installed netbeans on a remote Solaris machine. When I try to access it over a VPN, the UI is rendered really slowly. I use ssh command with -X option on my local system to connect to the remote machine. My local system runs Ubuntu 12.04. One solution is to use

ssh -XC4c arcfour,blowfish-cbc username@host

However I found that even this wouldn't solve the problem fully. UI is still rendered slowly. Please suggest a solution so that UI experience is seemless.

coder

Posted 2013-03-13T16:07:54.320

Reputation: 21

Answers

Try xpra instead of ssh -X. It uses a somewhat customized protocol with many performance enhancements, and is able to detach/reattach remote programs.

Alternatively, FreeNX.

user1686

Posted 2013-03-13T16:07:54.320

Reputation: 283 655

The remote server I am using is a Solaris machine. Is xpra available for Solaris as well? – coder – 2013-03-14T04:26:23.437

There are builds for Solaris somewhere for sure, but install from source is probably just as easy: "./setup.py install" – totaam – 2013-10-10T08:54:04.277