[ale] Open source X-Windows for MS-Windows workstations

[Dennis Ruzeski]

I use xming and xlaunch and they work perfectly for me. I use it mostly to
run HP-UX gpm and Informix OnPerf and haven't seen issues. I've also used it
for an XDMCP login to Linux, Sun, and HP systems with 100% success.

--Dennis



On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Jeff Lightner <jlightner at water.com> wrote:

>   Can anyone tell me what open source X-Windows package(s) you use to
> display X-Windows on your MS-Windows desktops/laptops?
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> In most of my jobs I’ve used Hummingbird Exceed ($$$) and it works great.
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> Previously we installed Xming (a subset of the Cygwin stuff) but I never
> really used it to a great extent.   The powers that be got wind of Cygwin
> from someone else and now think they want to replace Exceed with it.
> However, my coworker had told me there were some things he’d seen issues
> with Xming (though I never saw them).   Does anyone have experience using
> Cygwin/Xming to display commercial UNIX (HP-UX, AIX, Solaris) and Linux
> X-Windows?   If so do you know of any gotchas such as rendering problems
> with specific X apps?
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> Does anyone have any other FOSS X-Windows package suggestion for MS-Windws?
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> Also as I recall there is another commercial X-Windows package but its name
> escapes me.   If anyone is using that and has opinions of it as compared to
> Exceed or Cygwin/Xming I’d be interested in hearing it.
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