[UCLA-LUG] Evolution

[Todd A. Lyons]

Frederick Lee wrote:

> However, running Netscape off a very fast machine, remote, over a 28.8kpbs
> modem, when your home box is a P5/100 with only 16MB RAM, is far more tolerable
> (and faster!) than trying to bring the beast up locally.

>From a DSL connection at my home to a DSL connection at a buddy's house,
it takes about 3 minutes for Netscape just to come up through X
forwarding.  Is that what you call tolerable?  I considered it a little
beyond intolerable myself.  The amount of traffic that generates was
kind of amazing to me.
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