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Re: X server for windows
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Fri, 24 Mar 2000 03:59:16 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.^nospam^org
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Dan Boger <dan@giccs.georgetown.edu> wrote:
> Anyone know of a free X server for windows I could use? I really want
> to be able to edit stuff off my work computer at home, but it's so hard
> without VIM/Emacs...
Xwin32 is free for 2 hours of use per session. There's another one called
something like M/X, but if I remember right, it's not as good.
You could also use VNC....
How fast is your network connection? If it's less than 1.5MB both ways, I'd
not use it for any real work. Instead, the other option (below) is a better
choice.
> Or, another option, instead of an x server, anyone ever tried to forward
> SMB connections over ssh?
You could set up a tunnel -- do PPP over SSH....
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Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
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| (...) I have VNC set up, and I use it sometimes - but transferring 1600x1200 on a 56K, even over a compressed SSH is too slow for comfort... :/ (...) 56K - I've used X over 33k before, and it was better than vnc - still less data transferred, I (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| Hey geeks :) Anyone know of a free X server for windows I could use? I really want to be able to edit stuff off my work computer at home, but it's so hard without VIM/Emacs... Or, another option, instead of an x server, anyone ever tried to forward (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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