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Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 20:58:17 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: NOMACHINE NX client uses cygwin
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On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 05:29:32PM -0700, Peter A. Castro wrote:
>On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Reid Thompson wrote:
>
>I played with NX on both linux and Windows for a few months back.  It's
>got it's pros (faster that, say, VNC), and it's cons (session handling
>sucks and can't re-connect from a different type of machine).  But, buy
>and large, it's not all that relevent to the Cygwin list.  For those who
>want to play with it, be sure you remove/rename their copy of cygwin dlls
>or it'll conflict with your environment.  Oh, and when it installs, it
>sets up a few mounts pointing to their stuff (like for X fonts), which
>might mess up your mounts.

I could be wrong, but I think the point of the email was probably that NX
uses cygwin without providing the source code for the DLL.

cgf

>>as info..
>>uses cygwin and cygwin X
>>
>>http://www.nomachine.com/screenshots1.php
>>
>>WS-XP-4960: /C/Program Files/NX Client for Windows>
>[snip long list of files for NX]
>>reid

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