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Re:Window System X (1984) by Zardoz84 on Monday January 17, 2022 @10:21AM (#29967403)
Don't forget NX protocol. It's far more faster and lightweight that VNC/RDP.
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Re:Window System X (1984) by jcelerier on Monday January 17, 2022 @01:47PM (#29970174)
As far as I know NX is just a layer of compression on top of the X11 protocols though, e.g. it uses zlib for compressing paths, jpeg for compressing pixmaps, etc.. Not sure it'd actually help that much on gigabit ethernet.
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Re:Window System X (1984) by AshamedCaptain on Monday January 17, 2022 @03:24PM (#29971308)
One part of it (the NXagent) is centered on reducing round-trips rather than compressing the protocol. May not be worth on low-latency links but it is a deal-killer in high-latency ones.
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