LBX? or faster remote X?

Bob Tracy rct at gherkin.frus.com
Tue Nov 4 14:45:20 PST 2008


On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 10:37:43AM -0800, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> Keith & Jim's 2003 Usenix paper suggests ssh with compression beats LBX
> in most cases:
> 	http://keithp.com/~keithp/talks/usenix2003/

They lie, *especially* for slow links.  However, NX is a vastly
superior alternative to consider: it's actually usable over modem
connections.  You won't miss LBX.

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