On 10/26/05, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 26 October 2005 10:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I'm told that one of the big pros of the X server/client is that the > > > server and the client can be on separate machines ( I guess like a > > > remote desktop). How can I use my windows machine to run applications on > > > the linux machine. Currently I'm just using a "vnc" setup. > > > > > > > > > Phill > > > > Short answer: install cygwin on your windows machine, making sure to > > install whatever X server is included with it. > [snip] > > I don't believe that this is the answer. Cygwin allows the windows machine to > have a unix-api and for it to run unix programs. It does not do what cxoffice > does for linux machines.
It doesn't do what cxoffice does, but it does what the original poster asked - i.e. to be able to login remotely to a linux machine from Windows and run a graphics interface on the Linux which displays its windows on the Windows machine. In case you are not up to date with it (which I suspect from your definition of Gygwin as a simple "unix-api") then it also includes a full port of the core XFree86 to Windows. Cheers, --Amos -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
