Cygwin/X

Cygwin/X

Cygwin/X is an implementation of the X Window System that runs under Microsoft Windows. It is part of the Cygwin project, and is installed using Cygwin's standard setup system. As with the rest of Cygwin, Cygwin/X is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Cygwin/X originally used XFree86, but now uses the X.Org Server, owing to concerns over XFree86's new software license not being compatible with the GPL.

The latest release of Cygwin/X was on 8 July 2005, and the project is currently searching for a new maintainer and developers.

Features

Cygwin/X can run "rootless" - meaning it allows X applications to draw their windows directly onto the normal Windows desktop, rather than into an enclosing "root window".

Cygwin/X can either execute local applications of UNIX type on the local machine, or connect to a remote computer where a Unix-like operating system is running.

See also

* X-Win32
* XWinLogon
* SSH
* Xming

External links

* [http://x.cygwin.com/ Project homepage]
* [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8078 "Cygwin: Changing the Face of Windows"]
* [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cygwin "Cygwin wikibook"]


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