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Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> posted pan.2007.05.26.22.20.34@×××.net, |
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excerpted below, on Sat, 26 May 2007 22:20:34 +0000: |
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> I've not done it and don't know the details of the protocol, so can't |
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> really argue from the practical end, but if it requires that, how'd they |
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> ever do it back in the day, before XFree86, let alone xorg? Back then, |
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> 10Mbps Ethernet would have been fast, 2 Mbps would have been standard, |
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> let alone dialup. Sure, screen sizes were smaller back then, but that |
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> much? |
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OK, so I see the answer... single apps with smaller windows, not the |
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entire desktop run remotely. And Conway's point about compression |
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sometimes slowing things down if the CPUs are slow compared to the |
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network makes sense as well. CPU speeds (and now cores) have increased |
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faster than network speeds, I believe, tho I've not done the math on |
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actual years. The network may well have been fast enough for the CPUs, |
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back then. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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