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.
It's pretty good, but xming (http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/)
is IMO a better route to take, if only for it's tighter windows and putty
integration and nice GUI launcher.
/Ciaran.
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