X servers for windows
I know, it's a bit offtopic, but, well, the monitor on my linux box (webserver, yada yada...) sucks ass, and needs replacing. The way i see it, an x-server for my windows box would probably be cheaper, and allow me to keep using the development tools on the linux box easily. So, can anyone here suggest a good x server for windows, specifically one that supports the render extension, because the one i have at present (x-win32 5.3) doesn't do so.
Tips are not only welcome, but actively solicited, and would be rewarded if it weren't for the fact that i'm damned poor (hence the unreplaced monitor :)
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Quoted 3 lines · Chris Rose
I know, it's a bit offtopic, but, well, the monitor on my linux box (webserver, yada yada...) sucks ass, and needs replacing. The way i see it, an x-server for my windows box would probably be cheaper, and allow me to keep using the development tools on the linux box easily. So, can anyone here suggest a good x server for windows, specifically one that supports the render extension, because the one i have at present (x-win32 5.3) doesn't do so.
Tips are not only welcome, but actively solicited, and would be rewarded if it weren't for the fact that i'm damned poor (hence the unreplaced monitor :)
I don't have the Windows expertise to suggest a good X-server for it (especially not a good *and* free one, since I assume the poverty you mention would make a sizeable license fee a problem ... or am I assuming too much poverty here, since x-win32 5.3 seems to have a $US225 single-node license?). But have you considered VNC as a way to operate your Linux box remotely from a Windows workstation?
BTW, I routinely access my Linux hosts (traditional servers and a development workstation) from a Windows console, just using ssh sessions. That approach covers most of what I need to do on them. I've used VNC and been happy with it ... what stops me from working completely remotely is that there is no way to run XVideo remotely.
BTW, a naive Google search ("WIndows X-server free") does turn up a few matches, but no true freeware that I saw (just shareware and evaluation copies of commercial servers, with $US90 the lowest license fee I found, more than the cost here of a new 17" monitor). It did report a few references in e-mail messages to free X servers from Cygnus and one other company, but they were very old messages (1998-2000) and I believe the products they referenced vanished from general distribution years ago.
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I don't have the Windows expertise to suggest a good X-server for it (especially not a good *and* free one, since I assume the poverty you mention would make a sizeable license fee a problem ... or am I assuming too much poverty here, since x-win32 5.3 seems to have a $US225 single-node license?). But have you considered VNC as a way to operate your Linux box remotely from a Windows workstation?
BTW, I routinely access my Linux hosts (traditional servers and a development workstation) from a Windows console, just using ssh sessions. That approach covers most of what I need to do on them. I've used VNC and been happy with it ... what stops me from working completely remotely is that there is no way to run XVideo remotely.
BTW, a naive Google search ("WIndows X-server free") does turn up a few matches, but no true freeware that I saw (just shareware and evaluation copies of commercial servers, with $US90 the lowest license fee I found, more than the cost here of a new 17" monitor). It did report a few references in e-mail messages to free X servers from Cygnus and one other company, but they were very old messages (1998-2000) and I believe the products they referenced vanished from general distribution years ago.
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I don't have the Windows expertise to suggest a good X-server for it (especially not a good *and* free one, since I assume the poverty you mention would make a sizeable license fee a problem ... or am I assuming too much poverty here, since x-win32 5.3 seems to have a $US225 single-node license?). But have you considered VNC as a way to operate your Linux box remotely from a Windows workstation?
Actually, the academic license is nice for x-win, although it was steep (thank heck for student loans!)
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BTW, I routinely access my Linux hosts (traditional servers and a development workstation) from a Windows console, just using ssh sessions. That approach covers most of what I need to do on them. I've used VNC and been happy with it ... what stops me from working completely remotely is that there is no way to run XVideo remotely.
Yeah, i do that for most things as well, and it's been a great spur to learning more of the shell stuff that as a longtime windows user, i tend to shy away from. This mailing list has been another huge help in that area, especially since you personally seem to have an answer for just about everyone :)
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BTW, a naive Google search ("WIndows X-server free") does turn up a few matches, but no true freeware that I saw (just shareware and evaluation copies of commercial servers, with $US90 the lowest license fee I found, more than the cost here of a new 17" monitor). It did report a few references in e-mail messages to free X servers from Cygnus and one other company, but they were very old messages (1998-2000) and I believe the products they referenced vanished from general distribution years ago.
Yeah, i've done that, and i found more or less the same thing. Specifically, though, i was looking for that one feature - the RENDER extension, which the version of X-Win32 i have doesn't support, and since i'm looking at remote access in the school year to come that bandwidth-saver is a big deal to me.
I'm hoping that some solution exists that won't totally break my bank, and of course i'd prefer free, but if need be i can kick out for another prog. The thing is, i had seen that "RENDER extension not supported" so many times and not realized what it was, until recently - and now that i know, the fact that the tool exists and doesn't work for me is going to drive me slowly batty :)
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Hi Chris.
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I know, it's a bit off topic, but, well, the monitor on my Linux box (web server, yada yada...) sucks ass, and needs replacing. The way I see it, an x-server for my windows box would probably be cheaper, and allow me to keep using the development tools on the Linux box easily. So, can anyone here suggest a good x server for windows, specifically one that supports the render extension, because the one I have at present (x-win32 5.3) doesn't do so.
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Tips are not only welcome, but actively solicited, and would be rewarded if it weren't for the fact that I'm damned poor (hence the unreplaced monitor :)
Probably the easiest option for you would be one of those switch-boxes that allow you to use one monitor with multiple computers. I use one here which I obtained whilst a student at Aberdeen University for £10 and I'm still using it. This one is a four-way one that switches keyboard, mouse and screen at the same time, and I currently have three ways used, with the fourth available for when others bring their computers round for me to fix for them.
In general, they turn up at the various computer fairs that appear every so often, usually around the £10 mark, but very rarely turn up in normal computer shops.
Best wishes from Riley.
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Not really what i had in mind, given that the reason i hope to find one that implements that render extension is for the sole purpose of reducing bandwidth costs for remote use :)
And i have a KVM swtich, already. Although it's a piece of crap too :)
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Probably the easiest option for you would be one of those switch-boxes that allow you to use one monitor with multiple computers. I use one here which I obtained whilst a student at Aberdeen University for £10 and I'm still using it. This one is a four-way one that switches keyboard, mouse and screen at the same time, and I currently have three ways used, with the fourth available for when others bring their computers round for me to fix for them.
In general, they turn up at the various computer fairs that appear every so often, usually around the £10 mark, but very rarely turn up in normal computer shops.
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