On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Patrick R. Wade wrote:
> Since efn has now got DSL, i was one of the first test-case setups. I was
> sitting here at my laptop, when i reflected that our shell server [0]
> used to have a monitor, mouse and keyboard attached, and the admins used
> to sit at it and run X programs. So i thought i'd try out remote X. A
> local run of xhost + garcia.efn.org and a remote run of
> DISPLAY=206.96.131.123:0 netscape & later, and i was running Netscape 1.1N
> with the display coming over the DSL. Is it an indicator of extreme
> geekitude that i find this nifty, even obsoleet[1]?
I guess this answers my question about why the shell server was so
sluggish ;-)
