[Wolves] Cygwin/X

[Old Dan]

David Goodwin wrote:
> You could take the easier option and get an x server for windows (e.g. 
> eXceed).
Erm, cygwin comes with xfree86.  You have to /pay/ for the other X 
servers don't you?  I'm cheap and paying for software brings me out in a 
rash, particularly when there is a free alternative available.

> I've never installed cyg-win, so don't know how easy/difficult it is.
/I've/ installed it.  'nuff said.  :)  There is a downloadable batch 
file which starts up twm and a couple of xterms, which I've edited to 
connect to the server here, and I'm sure could be edited for a remote 
SSH X session.

> Compression with X (ssh -C -X) makes quite a difference - I've found - 
> and makes X mostly usable over an adsl line.
I don't quite get why people *want* truly remote X apps like that(it's 
the reason I had not tried the compression thingie until now).  Which X 
apps do you guys run remotely anyway?
> 
> However, there is a nifty program called "nx" which does far superior 
> compression than ssh can do (i..e you can use X over a 56k modem). The 
> people upstairs demonstrated this to me the other day, where a full 
> screen X desktop using gnome ran over a 128k isdn line and appeared just 
> as responsive as a local system. It was very impressive.
> 
> See : http://www.nomachine.com/ (I think)
Yep, you have to pay for that.

::shudders::  ;)

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Dan