[ILUG] low bandwidch X forwarding protocol?

[Niall O Broin]

On 26 Oct 2006, at 07:28, 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?


NX was mentioned by a couple of people and I'll second it. I have  
only used it on a couple of occasions when Frank Duignan of this  
parish gave me a test account on a server he had. His server was on  
HEAnet's network so as I was using DSL, DSL was the bottleneck. The  
account I used was configured with KDE and it was amazingly  
responsive - not perceptively different from a remote KDE session  
over a LAN.

I'd certainly suggest giving NX a try, in either its free or payware  
incarnations.



Niall