Dave McMullin wrote:
> On 4/16/08, Michael Watterson <watty at eircom.net> wrote:
> ...
>>> Windows X support does not seem to have improved since 1999 when I first
>> looked at it. The "free" and/or "open Source" X Servers tend to be poor and
>> implement a separate desktop. The only "seamless" ones seem to be quite
>> expensive commercial.
>>>>>> The Cygwin X server's default behaviour is seamless, with no separate
> desktop needed. I've been happily using this under Windows XP for some
> time, to remotely run X apps on a Linux box.
>> Dave
>>>Thanks. I might update my Cygwin sometime.
It's probably years since I've looked at Cygwin. I have a Linux only
Laptop now and 3 or 4 distros on VMware on a dedicated Windows XP
laptop. My much older laptop till recently multboots
Win98SE/WinFWG3.11/DOS, NT4.0, Win2K and Debian, We wiped NT4.0 and
Debian for a bit more space for Win98 & Win2000 legacy stuff
occasionally needed.
I can't see myself bothering with X on Windows in future, and the way
it's going maybe not bothering with Windows at all.
--
Mike
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