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Re: X Servers for win32 & telnet logins
Bob Ham wrote:
> Richard Fletcher replied:
> > Cool.. I might just head down there right now :) It's the place oppostie
> > the Hicks building, no?
>
> Yes, the one with the ramp. Sand coloured.
*shudder* I remember having my accounts banned for hacking and being summoned
to that building to be seen by Chris Cartledge Eeek!
On the subjest of free X servers for Windows, there are 3 good options:
1) MiX, which is a free X server, you can find it with some searches in
dejanews, you'll probably see an article from me after I found it last. It
lacks XShapes and sometimes messes the screen when you don't have opaque drag
in your window manager.
2) Xwindemo, this is a demo of one of the cheapest X servers for Windows,
it's much much better than MiX, but only runs for 2 hours at a time as it's
only a demo. This is probably a good thing, as prolonged DSE use is bad.
3) Don't use X but use VNC instead, start a (or many) Xvnc's on your Linux
box, and you can use those as your ${DISPLAY} and the windows vncclient to
access them. This is possibly the best option, but I don't like it cos it's
not a UNIXy solution, I'm stuborn and like to stick with things that have
worked perfectly due to excellent design since before Windows even existed,
so I can make that point in arguments with people. VNC has other advantages
like compression (I've played with LBX and wasn't that impressed) and
detachability (I hear cambridge uni sorted something for warping X).
Damion
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