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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:31056 comp.sys.intel:27873 comp.unix.bsd:15803 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7956 comp.unix.sys5.r4:9002 comp.unix.misc:15388 comp.os.linux.development:22009 comp.os.linux.misc:32742 comp.os.386bsd.development:2965 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4651 comp.os.misc:3652 comp.windows.misc:7518 Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.misc,comp.windows.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!night.primate.wisc.edu!caen!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gatech!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!newsfeed.rice.edu!news.sesqui.net!uuneo.neosoft.com!bonkers.taronga.com!peter From: peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: X on dial-in Followup-To: comp.windows.misc Organization: Taronga Park BBS Message-ID: <D1B85s.26M@bonkers.taronga.com> References: <kiySJgG00iVCE3=0c=@andrew.cmu.edu> <3dctr8$p38@newsflash.concordia.ca> Date: Sat, 24 Dec 1994 10:08:15 GMT Lines: 7 In article <3dctr8$p38@newsflash.concordia.ca>, Chris O'Regan <ct_orega@ECE.Concordia.CA> wrote: > Running X over a modem will be extremely slow. It actually works quite well, if you don't mind the agonizingly long application startups once things are up it's pretty zippy. Make sure you have plenty of backing store in the server, though!