On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 20:23 +0300, Sukru TIKVES wrote:
Cygwin is nice, but it takes a little bit effert to set up.
You could try FreeNX instead. It's also in the CentOS repositories
# yum install nx freenx
Install NX Viewer from http://nomachine.com
# copy ~nx/.ssh/client_id_dsa.key to c:\program files\NX Viewer\Share (or whereever you installed the client)
Then you'll have a nice and easy way to access X sessions.
(There is a nice article at http://fedoranews.org/contributors/rick_stout/freenx/ )
-- sukru
I agree ... nx and freenx on the CentOS server and the NX viewer from nomachine.com on the windows machine should allow you to open a xsession on the server. It is much easier to set up than anything else mentioned.
BUT ... using Cygwin is more flexible as it will allow you to run Linux on the windows box as well as open an X session on the CentOS box.
If you only need the functionality you asked for then nx/freenx is the easiest solution.
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of James B. Byrne Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 12:14 PM To: centos@centos.org Subject: [CentOS] X-Windows client for MS-Win2K
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