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Re: X server for WinNT
On Sun, 31 Jan 1999, Eran Tromer wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have this 486DX2/66 box sitting on top of my Pentium II and purring every
> once in a while. It's a Linux server: it serves Linux. Whenever I feel an
> unbearable need to toy around with a real OS, I telnet into it and jubilate in
> /etc for a while.
>
> Alas, the telnet client, running on my main station, is a Win32 app.
>
> Question: Any free X server for Windows NT?
Sorry I was late to see this post, to sum up my experiances and answers
from all around:
* VNC is NOT an X server
* VNC is a bandwidth hog, I use it only on LANs if all else fails,
although it's almost usable on dialup too
* my favourite X server for winblows is Xwin32 from starnet
(www.starnet.com). they used to have a demo version that is fully workable
but explodes every two hours, one build of the demo was broken and never
exploded, it may still be available from TUCOWS.
* Mi/X is indeed not usable
* I think there was a project to port XFree to win32, but I never heard of
developments.
* get a monitor/keyboard switch!
--
Ira Abramov ; whois:IA58 ; www.scso.com ; all around Linux enthusiast
`When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows", people just stare
at you blankly and say "Hey, I got those with the system, *for free*".'
(Linus Torvalds)