BSD Ports

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

SystemPortVersion
OpenBSDnet/dxpc3.8.2p3
FreeBSDx11/dxpc3.9.2_1
NetBSDx11/dxpc3.9.2nb1
DragonFlyx11/dxpc3.9.2_1

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.