Re: enhancing xdmcp performance
On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 04:00:18 +0200, Cam wrote:
> XDMCP works surprising well, but it's still a little sluggish
> (especially when switching workspaces or alpha effects come into play
> (like w/ the download manager in firefox, or the logout screen in
> gnome). I'm using a wireless network, which may be too slow... or
> would a faster network even do me any better? I would like to have
> the client over the network work as much like using a real computer as
> possible. from what i've read, it can be done. anyone have any tips?
> would using ssh w/ compression enabled have better performance than
> XDMCP? also, is there any way to do media-intense apps (movie
> players, games, etc), over the network?
I've seen that ssh with X is much slower with the higher overhead (and
then extra load for encryption) XDMCP can handle videos in realtime on
a 100MBit network, though I've not tested full-screen and you'd then
need some way of pushing sound across the network.
Either way (ssh or XDMCP) are much quicker than regular vnc.
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