Mail Archives: cygwin/2001/03/21/12:03:07
Asking this question on the cygwin-xfree list will probably get
you a better answer. However, I will attempt to answer your
question.
I doubt KDE will run under Cygwin. There was a discussion in the
cygwin-xfree group about running Gnome. Gnome doesn't run yet,
and since both Gnome and KDE are both very complex interfaces I
doubt KDE will either. If it does it would probably be extremely
slow.
If the course is a programming course then the windowing interface
shouldn't be that important. As long as you know how to use the
command line tools, which the course should be covering, you can
connect from home and run the programs.
If you need any X Window programs to run, then you will have to
get an X Server installed on your computer. If you have a fast
enough connection at home and a way to connect to the colleges
computer, you can telnet to the lab computer and set the display
to your computer. You may be able to get an X server like Exceed
or something else at the college that you can install at home.
That would probably be the easiest way to go, since someone
there could help you. There are a few shareware and free
servers, but most aren't that good.
If you want to run any X apps locally then you need to install the
X Windows packages from http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/xfree/
There is also an X Server at the same site. It currently only runs
on Windows NT and 2000. It won't run on 95, or 98. I don't know
about Windows Me. I haven't been able to get the server to run on
either of the computers I have.
Otherwise you can either get cygwin versions of the xwin apps you
need, or try building them from the sources.
As a final alternative you could install Linux on your home computer
if you have enough disk space available.
Ron
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