[Wolves] Cygwin/X

[David Goodwin]

> 
> I don't quite get why people *want* truly remote X apps like that(it's 
> the reason I had not tried the compression thingie until now).  Which X 
> apps do you guys run remotely anyway?
> 


Bespoke Java applications for support etc.

>>
>> However, there is a nifty program called "nx" which does far superior 
>> compression than ssh can do (i..e you can use X over a 56k modem). The 
>> people upstairs demonstrated this to me the other day, where a full 
>> screen X desktop using gnome ran over a 128k isdn line and appeared 
>> just as responsive as a local system. It was very impressive.
>>
>> See : http://www.nomachine.com/ (I think)
> 
> Yep, you have to pay for that.


No, there's a free version available. The guys upstairs wouldn't have 
paid for anything. (I think you can get a version you need to compile or 
something... not sure if the source is available)



David.