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VNC is much slower, and has many disadvantages because it works at the level of the entire desktop rather than just an application.
by BCM43 16y ago
VNC is much slower, and has many disadvantages because it works at the level of the entire desktop rather than just an application.
- sandGorgon 16y agohmm.. but what about Xzibit - a per window VNC app (https://github.com/tthurman/xzibit https://github.com/tthurman/xzibit , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLyjz2BuoEg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLyjz2BuoEg ) I think it is basically sponsored by Collabora
- sciurus 16y agoX11 is snappy when both computers are on the local network, but as soon as the traffic has to travel over the internet X11 is unusably slow. VNC feels sluggish in that situation but it's still usable. xpra or nx can make X11 usable over the internet. I suspect something like xpra will be created for wayland.
- wladimir 16y agoIn my experience, even on a local network X11 can be nearly unusably slow, especially over WIFI. The protocol has too many roundtrips.
- dexen 16y agoChoppy network on WiFi? Read up on Bufferbloat: https://gettys.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/introducing-the-criminal-mastermind-bufferbloat/ https://gettys.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/introducing-the-crim... http://www.bufferbloat.net/ http://www.bufferbloat.net/