James B. Byrne wrote: > 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 Have you considered Co-linux? I have it running on XP and 2000 desktops. Basically it's a full Debian distro that runs inside Windows, I even installed KDE/IceWM/Gnome and used VNC viewer to show the GUI as a window in Windows. Worked great for me as a way of running forwarded X sessions over SSH. http://www.colinux.org/ Oh and it's free too. :-) rgds Franki