Graphics via ssh?

Question

linux

Good afternoon!
Such an unusual (for me) question - is it possible to run graphical applications (the most desirable is a lightweight desktop, dwm) through an ssh session?
The situation will be as follows: a working home computer with Centos, an ssh connection there.
Is it possible to see the dwm environment through this session? On a working computer, too, something Linux. Or the simplest - TightVNC with port forwarding?
I don’t have the opportunity to test it in battle yet, I’m generally interested in the possibility.

Answer 1

ssh -Y target-machine xterm - and you will see an xterm running on target-machine on your screen

Answer 2

Hint: X11 Forwarding

Answer 3

Do not listen to people who advise X11 Forwarding. This is such a junk and a brake that it makes no sense to use it. It slows down even on a gigabit channel with an RTT of 0.5 ms. Better listen to those who talk about NX, well, or about VNC.

Answer 4

You can use xrdp, then login is the same as in Windows. After login, the desktop opens with all user settings. And work, respectively, through rdesktop, for example. Port forwarding when connecting via SSH to localhost so that work goes through the ssh tunnel. Works with VNC server.

Answer 5

x2go is better to use.

Answer 6

If a VNC server is already running on the target machine, then the ssh tunnel will help:
ssh -f [email protected] -L 6900:127.0.0.1:5900 -N
And then connect the VNC client to localhost:6900.
Through NX and X11Forwarding, the console session cannot be seen.