Remote X Applications Over Slow Lines?

mwaddell asks: "One of the great things about X11 is the ability to run applications remotely. However, as one of the many *NIX users who use dialup to access the net, I have found that trying to run anything more complex than xcalc over phone lines is an exercise in frustration and patience. But for 99.9% of what I use remote apps for, I don't need color or any high level of detail. I'd be thrilled to have a window displayed in 8 shades of gray with oversized pixels if it would mean that it would react only slightly slower than a local app. Is this possible?" Would simple XResource changes help improve X11 performance for modem connections?

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LBX = Low Bandwidth X

[Walles]

LBX is a standard X extension for solving exactly this kind of problem. If you run XFree86 at home you already have LBX support on your end. On the server end, you should run the program 'lbxproxy' and modify your $DISPLAY variable.

For more info, check out The LBX Mini-Howto.

As some other posts have pointed out, the problem isn't entirely solveable (sp?), but LBX is at least one step in the right direction.

Have fun! //Johan