Good freeware X-Server/Client for Windows?

[Cat]

I've used Hummingbird's Exceed at school to run Unix apps on my home machine, but I can't afford to buy it. Are there any good freeware programs similar to Exceed? (Trying WinaXe now, but it's shareware.)

 

[mattbta]

Are you talking about just running stuff like g++ or gcc or any other *nix based app? Try cygwin if you are. It's free and works fairly well.

Or are you looking for a client to connect to a remote machine and use your x-desktop?

 

[PrincessGuard]

There is a XFree86 port for CYGWIN. It's a full-fledged X server though, so you have to install a window manager, etc. as well. The website seems to be down at the moment.

 

[Cat]

Yeah, that sounds good to me. I've used Cygwin in the past for cli-based apps.

To the 2nd poster. I need an x-server and client for my Windows machine, so I can ssh to the Unix box, start apps up, and have their graphical output on the Windows box. I used to use Exceed for this.

 

[mattbta]

To the 2nd poster. I need an x-server and client for my Windows machine, so I can ssh to the Unix box, start apps up, and have their graphical output on the Windows box. I used to use Exceed for this.

When i took c++ my comp sci dept had all the labs set up with a client to SSH to the remote desktop. When I'm up there tomorrow for my COBOL class I'll look and see what client they have.

 

[Nothinman]

THe X server would be what is running on your local machine, each X app is considerd and X client. All you need is an X server unless you want to run X programs (clients) on your local Windows PC.

cygwin comes with an X server, which will probably work fine for you.

 

[Cat]

I wonder if Cygwin's X Server handles network OpenGL commands pretty well.