How can I make my VNC server on a Linux machine fast as possible (without trading off security) (and connecting to an already running X session)?
I'm running a VNC server (x11vnc) on my Ubuntu and I occasionally connect to it from another Ubuntu machine over LAN.
x11vnc -localhost -usepw -ncache 10 -forever -display :0
I use above command and SSH port forwarding. I connect with this (xtightvncviewer):
vncviewer -encodings 'copyrect tight hextile' localhost:0
Connecting to an already running X session is important. If that were not case, I'd use NX or SSH X11 forwarding.
Best Answer
TightVNC over SSH has a decent reputation for speed. I don't know if you're going to notice a lot of difference among different implementations though.