On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 10:34, Marcelo Renan Becher wrote:
hello James,
You can use a free version of MicroImages X Server.
The download link: http://orthanc.univap.br/stuff/win32/mix95.zip
A new version (but paid) you can found here: http://www.microimages.com/mix/
The current version of the free Cygwin server works pretty well. A few years ago I might have used this one instead. Now for running a few remote apps it works nicely to (from a Cygwin bash prompt): export DISPLAY=:0 Xwin -multiwindow & ssh -X remote_server ..login, start programs... Each X progam started will open it's own window that pretty much acts like a native MS window.
If you are going to run many applications from the same remote host you might want to enable XDMCP logins and: Xwin -query remote_server and run the whole desktop remotely.
Some people run a local window manager like windowmaker, but I'm not quite sure why.