James B. Byrne wrote:
> An intermittent need to connect to a CentOS4 development box from a
> MS-Win2K workstation using X-Windows has developed here. However,
> I cannot seem to find a cheap (read free) X-windows client for MS-
> Windows to accommodate this. This seems very odd to me, displaying
> no doubt my profound ignorance of the issues involved. The few
> shareware versions that I have located expect registration fees in
> the $90-100 range, which is something I have never encountered
> before.
>
> Is there a free X-Windows client for Microsoft OS's? Why is this
> software so rare and dear?
>
> Regards,
> Jim
Have you considered Co-linux?
I have it running on XP and 2000 desktops.
Basically it's a full Debian distro that runs inside Windows, I even
installed KDE/IceWM/Gnome and used VNC viewer to show the GUI as a
window in Windows.
Worked great for me as a way of running forwarded X sessions over SSH.
http://www.colinux.org/
Oh and it's free too. :-)
rgds
Franki
