Problem: CygWin-xfree86 is tricky to install and configure and this limits who can successfully install and use this software.
(If you do not agree that this is a problem, then the rest of the message is obviously irrelevant. :-) Possible solution: - Create an installer that has various preconfigured profiles which then dictates the rest of the settings. Just like xfree86 has lots of C code that I don't know or understand, the various configuration options and .bat files and scripts must be moved out of the "user domain". - ssh -X profile. Create icon(s) on desktop for the various appliactions, e.g. Importantly xterm(cygwin local), xterm remote, Evolution remote, OpenOffice remote. - XDCMP. I don't know much about this, so I won't comment, but I see that this accounts for a lot of the traffic in this mailing list. - infrequently updated. The users targeted by this sort of installer never upgrade unless they absolutely have to. - cygwin1.dll side-by-side install issue solved, i.e. it should be possible to have a stable version of this X server installed next to a bleeding edge CygWin. - The CygWin installer is a stumbling block itself. For those that *only* want an X server, a gigantic self-installing .exe file would be better. - "-clipboard" enabled by default. - multimonitor support enabled by default. Note, this is not a complaint! I love CygWin and I point to it as one of the stellar examples of what the open source community can achieve with minimal resources! Øyvind
