[ILUG] X Windows Query

[Dave McMullin]

On 4/16/08, Ciaran Johnston <cj at nologic.org> wrote:
> 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.
>

Thanks; never seen that before but I must check it out. Putty
integration would be very handy :)

>  /Ciaran.
>
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Dave