X

[nmeyers at javalinux.net (nmeyers at javalinux.net)]

On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 12:46:35PM -0400, Rich Braun 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?

You can get an implementation of XFree86 in cygwin
(http://www.cygwin.com/). It doesn't integrate nicely with Windows the
way the commercial products do, and I've never puzzled out how to make
it see keyboard/mouse combinations that are intercepted by Windows... but
it works and may be what you're looking for.

Nathan Meyers

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