On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 11:07:44PM +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Lior Kaplan wrote: > > >It seems that cygwin is a unanimous answer... thanks. > > > >Regards, > > > > > Cygwin is the best free (either one) option. It does suffer from one > fundemental problem - it must use a "virtual screen" mode. This means > that xfree opens a Windows window, and all X-Windows live inside that space. >
> Commercial X-Server usually also carry an integrated mode, in which the > X windows are opened as Windows windows, and the usual windows > decorations are the X-Windows window manager (ok kids - see if you can > count how many times the word "windows" appeared twice consecutively in > this sentance :-). > Actually the cygwin version can also do that. I don't remember the command line switch though. AFAIK it can't switch between the two modes while running though like some of the commercial options. > Depending on your use type, you may find the later more convinent. For > example, I usually ssh (via putty or other) to the remote machine, and > only run more serious X applications on my desktop. Under this case, > it's usually easier to be able to minimize individual X windows into the > task bar. Unfortunetly, no free server allows that, that I'm aware of. > > Shachar > P.S. > Usually - back in the days I was using Windows. Approximately when I was > still at the Technion - around 1998-2000. > > Sh. > > -- > Shachar Shemesh > Lingnu Open Systems Consulting > http://www.lingnu.com/ > > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
