On Fri, 3 May 2002, Sam wrote:
> Hrm...interesting,
>
> another tough question, I know some of you guys actually
> run X over a dialup 56Kbps line.
>
> I.E. : Exporting Display from one PC to another thru a 56Kbps dialup.
>
> How's the performance? How about a 28.8Kbps line?
Depends what you're doing. Generally, things with images (like
Netscape) will suck. Things without images are generally pretty
fast.
> Is there any limitation to the number of applications i can export?
Only the server's limit on how many clients it can accept
(64 or 128, I forget).
> Also, is there any latency during the launching of applications?
Again, it depends how much data is being passed back and forth.
On a fast network (10 Mbps) I've had CPU intensive things run faster
remotely than locally, or at least more responsively.
> What actually happens during a X display export? Brief descriptions
> of coz...
>
Nothing different really. The communication pipeline changes
from a unix domain socket to an internet socket, that's it basically.
Accept for setting up the connection, the communication process is
abstracted to the point where remote vs. local isn't any different.
Mark.
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