On Thursday 16 June 2005 13:13, James B. Byrne wrote:
> Is there a free X-Windows client for Microsoft OS's? Why is this
> software so rare and dear?
Cygwin/X. Of the solutions thus far put forth, none are X windows clients
(VNC, while good, is still not an X windows client) except Cygwin.
Setting up cygwin involves downloading the setup.exe program from
www.cygwin.com, selecting to install the X server stuff (the ssh client is
good, too, and works well), letting it download and install, and then putting
a link to the startxwin.bat file either on your desktop or in Startup. It
Just Works. The ssh tunneling needs the -Y command line option. There is a
mode that lets you start up XDCMP processing in full-screen; there is an
excellent howto on the Cygwin site.
I'm using Cygwin here on a daily basis, and it works fine and was simple to
set up.
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Lamar Owen
Director of Information Technology
Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute
1 PARI Drive
Rosman, NC 28772
(828)862-5554
www.pari.edu
