Proxy Servers Lighten Up X

An anonymous reader writes "LinuxDevices.com is reporting on a compression and differential proxy scheme for X that makes it practical to xhost rich applications like Mozilla or a whole UNIX desktop over a 9.6Kbps connection (think cell phone with GSM modem). The company developing NX has a neat test drive set up -- and it is way zippier than VNC. There'll be a paper about it at the next LinuxKongress in Saarbrucken, Germany, and a call is out to OSS programmers to build on the GPL'ed NX library."

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Elementary, chaps.

[Anonymous Coward]

During our summer vacation this year, my wife and I amused ourselves by taking leisurely drives in Ohio and photographing every diamond-shaped highway sign that we saw along the roadsides. (Well, not every sign; only the distinct ones.) For provenance, I also stood at the base of each sign and measured its GPS coordinates.

This turned out to be even more fun than a scavenger hunt, so we filled in some gaps when we returned to California, thereby proving my theorem of using rich X applications over low-bandwidth connections, which can be found in LaTeX format on my website.

Sincerely,

Donald E. Knuth

Robert Palmer Dead @ 54

[Anonymous Coward]

Sad news for the aging /. community:

Robert Palmer, 80's pop icon famed for his hit "Addicted to Love", has died. This completes the celebrity-death trilogy of Cash and Ritter so we no longer need to wait for the other shoe to drop

God speed. We miss you, buddy. :-(

Re:Robert Palmer Dead @ 54

[Anonymous Coward]

.. you forgot "Truly a British icon."

Oh well, too much coke caused his heart to pop.

Slightly OT

[Timesprout]

But can anyone comment on the quality of connection with a GSM phone attached to a laptop ? I love my GSM phones but I'm not sure I would trust the quality of connection to try doing something remotely if there was a risk of things going pear shaped if the connection dropped.