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    Differential X Protocol Compressor

  • Welcome to the home page for dxpc - The Differential X Protocol Compressor.

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    dxpc is an X protocol compressor designed to improve the speed of X11 applications run over low-bandwidth links (such as dialup PPP connections). The README file gives a bit more information. The DESIGN document details the design of dxpc.

    News

    Version 3.9.2 released August 27, 2009.

    3.9.2 is a minor release to clean up pidfile handling. It is compatible with all previous 3.9.x releases.

    Change history here.

    Errata

    None known for 3.9.2.

    Source and Precompiled Binaries

    The following files are available:

    dxpc-3.9.2.tgz source code; requires LZO compression library to build.
    dxpc-3.9.0-win32.zip Precompiled executables for Windows platforms.
    Note: Win32 executables of 3.9.2 not yet available; the 3.9.0 binaries are completely compatible with 3.9.2

    Some earlier releases are still available.


    Kevin Vigor / kevin@vigor.nu