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On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 12:46:35 -0400 (EDT)
"Rich Braun" <richb at pioneer.ci.net> wrote:

> Discussion of X reminded me of something I've been wanting for a long
> time--a way of migrating from Windows to Linux.
> 
> Is there a good freeware port of the X server for Win98/2000/XP?  We
> used Hummingbird Exceed at a place where I once worked, but it was
> quite pricey.  I always assumed X would be freeware.  Is it difficult
> to compile from source on the Windows platform?
I second the Cygwin proposal since it is essentially a Unix environment
for Windows and is free. Most of the other decent X servers are
commercial. Hummingbird's Exceed does work well. 

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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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