- Xming
infobox software
name = Xming
caption = Xming runninggedit on Windows XP
developer = Colin Harrison
latest_release_version = 7.3.0.22
latest_release_date =2008-07-22
operating_system =Microsoft Windows XP/2003/Vista
website = http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/In computing, Xming is a port of the
X Window System to theMicrosoft Windows operating system. The Xming X Server is based on theX.Org Server (X11R6.9), cross-compiled withMinGW and Pthreads-Win32. Xming is also available withMesa 3D support.Unlike the
Cygwin/X port, Xming does not have aruntime dependency onCygwin .Xming may be used with implementations of SSH to securely forward X11 sessions from Unix machines. It supports
PuTTY and "ssh.exe", and comes with a version of PuTTY's plink.exe.External links
* [http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/ Xming website]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming Sourceforge development site]
* [http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Xming Original project homesite]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsHuZJ5gORE Example of using Xming]
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