Re: Working on Linux computer from Windows XP computer through X

Rene wrote:
Hello to all of You,

I was hoping You might give some tips about a program to run on Windows (XP
is most important, when 98 SE is possible that is a plus) which would allow
me to work on a Linux (Gutsy Gibbon) computer over the network by means of
the X11 protocol. On http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System I have
found several programs that will allow one to do that but I am not capable
of judging their quality and reliability being very unexperienced when it
comes to Linux related things (but I learn). The first one I found is
X-Win32 but that is both proprietary and not really cheap. The one that
looked very attractive to me is Xming but again, I know not how good and
reliable it is in practice. Ease of installation is also a big plus, though
I am willing to spent time figuring things out (within certain measures) if
that would give me the chance to use something very superior in quality.


I've spent a few days repackaging and stripping Cygwin into a simple X
server with fonts. it's a 1.9M installer, the software is under the GPL
license. It can uses the limited local fontbase, or you can make use of
a remote font server.

If you want it, I can throw up a temporary URL containing the installer.
.