Jeremy Charles <[email protected]> writes: >I’m interested in any positive or negative experiences that you’ve had with >particular X servers under Windows 7.
The two main free choices you have are Cygwin/X and Xming. Both have been good performers. If you let Windows be the window manager, you should not have an issue with multidisplays setups. We started promoting Xming back when we were worried about Cygwin's future. If I had to pick today, I would go with Cygwin/X - Redhat stands behind it. Xming appears to be a one developer operation. He does a good job, but it's a risk factor. Also, he has not released a true open source version (wht he calls public domain) since 2007. OTOH, Xming is lightweight. If you can support the developer, you get all the latest fixes through July 2011 (i.e., very current). One thing you haven't mentioned is whether you need session mobility or remote access. Cygwin/X and Xming are straight X servers, no session mobility. For this, our engineers rave about Go-global for unix (commercial): http://www.graphon.com/products-and-solutions/go-global-for-unix Session mobility is a wow factor for any engineer working multihour, multiday jobs. We run a lot of CAD like Cadence IC, which is graphics intensive. Go-Global rocks at thi from home, and engineers love starting a job and being able to detach/reattach to it at will. _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
