From: astockdale AT computer DOT org (Alexander Stockdale) Subject: Re: server X 10 Sep 1998 16:57:36 -0700 Message-ID: <19980910001327.30985.qmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@findmail.com> References: <19980908170534 DOT 07056 AT cygnus DOT com> To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > > 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). ----- See the original message at http://www.findmail.com/list/gnu-win32/?start=7051 -- Free e-mail group hosting at http://www.eGroups.com/ - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".