net/dxpc 3.8.2p3 OpenBSD
X11 over a low bandwidth link
- System
- OpenBSD
- Repository
- OpenBSD ports
- Maintainer
- Marc Espie <[email protected]>
- Categories
- net, x11
Description
dxpc makes using X over low bandwidth link possible.
The basic X protocol transfers lots of redundant information. Client-side, dxpc acts as a proxy X server that handles X requests over the :8 display, and caches states information that does not need to be send. It sends the remaining information to the server-side dxpc, which reconstitutes the full X-protocol for the X server.
ssh can achieve some similar results, with less performance, but also fewer concerns about security.
In the other systems
Install
Binary package:
pkg_add dxpc
From the ports tree:
cd /usr/ports/net/dxpc && make install
Dependencies
Run dependencies 1
No port depends on this one.