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X11 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
by sciurus 16y ago
X11 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.
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