People often get confused by this -- the X server runs on what most would
think of as the client machine, while the X client app runs on what most
would consider their Unix server. There are several Win95 X servers that
host a variety of X clients, including window managers.
On Fri, 15 May 1998, Brett W. McCoy wrote:
> On Fri, 15 May 1998, Joe Colburn wrote:
>
> > OK... I know... It's a sick question, but is it possible to run something
> > like Exceed under Win95, then install E on a linux box, telnet to that
> > linux box, export the display (of E) to the Win95 machine?
>
> I don't think that would work, because E is an X client, not a server, and
> can only run on your local system. You'd need E on your local machine to
> be able to use it to display things in an E window. Your X server doesn't
> care a cuss what window manager is running on the remote machine. For
> that manner, you could have no wm installed, and only the X client
> applications on the remote machine, and still display them on the local
> wm.
>
> Brett W. McCoy
> http://www.lan2wan.com/~bmccoy
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