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On Sun, 9 May 2010, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> Message from Steven
> ===================
> Sindi wrote:
> > This time I waited longer.  16 sec for the rxvt to appear.
>
> Yes, it takes a very long time to appear.  But once
> it is there, response times are good.
>
> > > > You can compile or otherwise add programs at sdf.
> > (I think you need to pay for a membership first to compile).
>
> Are you a member?

Yes.  It also gets me a lot more webspace.

> > Does links graphical work more slowly via cjb than via dialup?
>
> It is ridiculously slow.  It puts up only a few letters
> at a time, then pauses, then a few more letters, then
> pauses.  Painful.  The slowest I've seen an application
> run since I experimented running Linux from a floppy
> disk filesystem (no HD, no ramdisk).

I wonder if it would be faster if you had broadband.
Would cjb provide graphical programs that only worked this slowly?

> > I will look for a shell account with a faster internet
> > connection and graphical browsers.
>
> Let me know if you find one.  Or if you find a version
> of links -g that will run on sdf.
Or compile one.

> > Can I export an rxvt from both sdf and cjb to here at
> > the same time?
>
> That should be possible.  But I'd forget about remote X
> from cjb -- it's too slow to use.

I cannot get rxvt to work from cjb - see my last email.
Not important considering your experience.
Xvesa -ac probably won't work at sdf since there is no wm there.
Thanks for getting xhost to work.

> Cheers,
> Steven

Sindi