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Re: server X
- To: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: server X
- From: "Alexander Stockdale" <astockdale at computer dot org>
- Date: 10 Sep 1998 00:13:27 -0000
> > I'm asking myself a question. Don't we need to port the X server part under
> > gnu win ? In fact, it's the only part we have to buy to make the Xclient
> > stuff works. Is it an idea or do you consider that the free stuff is
> > sufficient ?
>
> Quite a variety of native Win32 ports of X servers should work fine,
> be it a free or commercial one. You may want to try the free ones
> first and see how they work for you...
>
The two free x-servers for Win32 that I'm aware of are the M/IX server (mentioned elsewhere in this thread) and the StarNet server. The M/IX server is fair (does not support Athena widgets properly). The StarNet server is quite good, but the downloadable version will only run for 2 hours at a time.
I think we really need to port XFree86 to the cygwin environment. I've started looking into this, but it looks like it may be a big job (just look at the size of the diff file for the OS/2 port).
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