Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 22:57:12 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Doug Denault <doug@safeport.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Displaying X in Windows platform Message-ID: <15045.25512.354839.673635@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <131370350@toto.iv>
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Doug Denault <doug@safeport.com> types: > There is also a free windows based solution compriable to this. CMU has a > free package called NiftyTelnet. It supports Kerberos v.4 and there is an > add-on to support ssh. Do either NiftyTelnet or those Windows based solutions let you display X applications on a Windows box? <mike > On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Mike Meyer wrote: > > > Raymond Law <rlaw@vt.edu> types: > > > I know I can use xhost to display the GUI on a local machine from a > > > remote machine. But how can I display X on a windoz box? > > > > Others have mentioned installing a X server on Windows, and I don't > > know of any non-commercial solution. > > > > A second alternative is to install a vnc server on your Unix system > > (it's in the ports), and the viewer on Windows. This gives you an X > > session in a window on the Windows box, which may be sufficient, and > > both are free. > > > > For the truly perverse, you can also install the viewer on a Palm. > > > > <mike > > -- > > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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