We use Exceed a lot. It's a really high performance X11 engine, I really can't fault it. There are freeware alternatives for Windows however their performance is poor for most graphical work. By all means go ahead and experiment though...
You will find that there are two costs for Exceed. There is an initial once-off cost, then the annual licence fees are about a third of the initial cost. They will send you updates each year. There are other goodies on the CD as well, like an in.ftpd and some GUI based tools. An alternative is to set up a linux box as the X11 display, and use (say) Citrix Metaframe to do the Windows thing for you. That equires another license, for Citrix, and a Citrix Server. If you have a lot of Windows users that may be more cost effective. It really depends on what you are trying to achieve; you can also use rdesktop on Linux (communicating with an NT server) if you don't need rich multimedia on Windows and are prepared to store and run your Windows things on the Windows server. My 5c worth. Regards, Jill. -- Jill Rowling, System Administrator Eng. Systems Dept, Aristocrat Technologies Australia Level 2, 55 Mentmore Ave Rosebery NSW 2018 Phone: (02) 9697-4484 Fax: (02) 9663-1412 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Nathan McKinlay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 28 November 2002 12:24 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SLUG] Exceed substitute? Hi there Does anyone know of any free alternatives to Exceed? Exceed being an X-Windows emulator to run Unix based programs on a windows machine. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTICES This email (including any documents referred to in, or attached, to this email) may contain information that is personal, confidential or the subject of copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties. This email is intended only for the named addressee. Any privacy, confidence, copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties, is not lost because this email was sent to you by mistake. If you received this email by mistake you should: (i) not copy, disclose, distribute or otherwise use it, or its contents, without the consent of Aristocrat or the owner of the relevant rights; (ii) let us know of the mistake by reply email or by telephone (+61 2 9413 6300); and (iii) delete it from your system and destroy all copies. Any personal information contained in this email must be handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws. Electronic and internet communications can be interfered with or affected by viruses and other defects. As a result, such communications may not be successfully received or, if received, may cause interference with the integrity of receiving, processing or related systems (including hardware, software and data or information on, or using, that hardware or software). Aristocrat gives no assurances in relation to these matters. If you have any doubts about the veracity or integrity of any electronic communication we appear to have sent you, please call +61 2 9413 6300 for clarification. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
