[X2Go-User] X2go Connection / compression Settings defunct? Documentation?

[Tristan Miller]

Dear Nigra,

On Fri, 26 Apr 2019 18:48:34 -0700, Nigra Truo
<nigratruo at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm forced to work with some extreme bandwith restrictions and was
> looking into using more compression and/or the Modem / ISDN connection
> setting. (I'm down to old time modem speeds, 128 kbit or less)
> So far I could not find any documentation that shows what these really
> do. I normally use the ADSL one, which works. The Modem and ISDN
> setting seems broken (and has been for as long as I rememeber), they
> don't really reduce the bandwidth usage nor improve latency.
> When switching to Modem, the screen updates actually get much worse, I
> can watch the system update the screen in lines (not the whole screen
> is updated in one go), which looks like a bug.
> I have had success setting the image quality to a lower setting, the
> screen looks worse, which is a good indicator that it is working.
> I can't find any documentation on what the difference is between
> different compression methods. Can you point me in the right
> direction?
> If I can find the info, I would be up for updating the documentation
> so that others can find it better.

I asked pretty much the same question here in 2017.  The only response
I got was from another user who, like you and me, was only able to make
a few observations by trial and error testing:
<http://lists.x2go.org/pipermail/x2go-user/2017-February/004254.html>

I agree that it would be nice to get a comprehensive overview of the
different settings.

Regards,
Tristan

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