[ILUG] low bandwidch X forwarding protocol?

[Gavin McCullagh]

On Thu, 26 Oct 2006, Conor Daly wrote:

> At work we are about to run a test of a remote access server.  The
> proposed GUI forwarding method is citrix based on its low bandwidth
> consumption.  However we will have full network access from linux clients.
> X forwarding and VNC are apparently much more bandwidth intensive.  Are
> there any free protocols out there that will let me access my work desktop
> (FC5) with as low bandwidth consumption as citrix?

A year or two ago there was huge hype about NX and FreeNX.

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8480
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8477
http://www.gnomeuser.org/documents/howto/nx.html
http://www.nomachine.com/

But I must say I haven't heard a peep about it for a year or more now.

Gavin