Re: [xougen] GPL-ed X compression scheme -- my gaff

[Jonathan Walther]

On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 12:52:58AM +0200, Roland Nagtegaal wrote:
> Look. I understand that this project does not want to change
> the X11 protocol, and as far as I can see NX (which is what
> that link I posted is about) does not do that. It is a
> protocol compressor. Like lbxproxy, I think.

I seem to recall Keith Packard saying he'd tested it, and there wasn't
much of a performance win over using raw gzip compression on the data
stream.  However, an NX extension will definately be a welcome addition
to Xouvert; anyone who wants to try it out should be able to.

Jonathan

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