[CentOS] X-Windows client for MS-Win2K

[Lamar Owen]

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
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Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute
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