Re: Remote X apps with Linux+Slirp

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)]

 > From: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ak902 (Michael Powell)
 > Date: Wed  Oct 16,  7:10pm
 >
 > Sven Geggus (http://www.rz03.FH-Karlsruhe.DE/~gesv0011) wrote:
 > 
 > : > Starting an xterm is nice, because you then can start other x programs 
 > : > without the cumbersome display command.
 > 
 > : You shoul use dxpc which is an X11 Protocoll compressor to get this
 > : working in a reasonable fast way.
 > 
 > : Configureing this program with slirp is straigth forward, all you have to
 > : thinkj about ist that your "homemachine:0.0" is called e.g.
 > : "remotemachine:1.0".
 > 
 > : Sven
 > 
 > I haven't tried dxpc, but I do use ssh.  It encrypts the connection, 
 > compresses the connection, and saves using the -display command.  It also 
 > makes the 600x port redirection unnecessary, though I usually keep it 
 > handy for machines without ssh handy.
 > 
 > Does anyone have any ideas on how the compression ratios compare?
 > 
 > MDP

Hi.  Did you find out how the compression ratios compare?  I'd be interested,
too.