Re: [SLUG] [OT] PC X servers

[Matthew Dalton <matthewd@nospam.research.canon.com.au>]

Alexander Else wrote:
> 
> I have no experience with the other two you mentioned, though it may be
> worth pointing out to you that there's a free X server called MIXserver
> from TNTlite products(?) which may be an option if you value price over
> performance.
> 
> MIXserver has its own "desktop" (a maximised window basically) which X
> programs will appear in and has TWM as its integrated window manager (ie.
> you can't get rid of the bloody thing).  I wasn't too impressed by
> MIXserver but you may find that it does all you want.  It's not a big
> download so it's worth a go I guess.

I believe the windows version of this only supports X11R5. Some GUI apps
don't look so good (fonts unreadable/missing sometimes).

You can get rid of TWM though. I think I deleted the twm executable on
the windows box, started MIXserver and an xterm and then ran a different
window manager on the remote box.

Matthew
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