RE: [TCLUG:1267] Why Linux?

[Tom Cross <tomc@kendeco.com>]

On Mon, 21 Sep 1998, Schlough, Mark wrote:

> 	[Schlough, Mark]  
> 	I was reading  in the latest Linux Journal that there is a
> compression algorithm for X that gets about a 4x average compression and a
> top of 10x compression of the X protocol across the network.  The article
> goes on to say that it enables a user to run xterm across a 28.8 modem (if
> I'm not mistaken)
> 
> 	AFAIK, this is impossible with the Win32 API.

It's an awesome piece of software, but try running Netscape accross the
same 28.8 modem connection and you can see how usefull it is.  :/

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