[olug] Windows Xserver

Luke Dashjr luke at dashjr.org
Thu Dec 4 20:52:43 UTC 2008


On Wednesday 03 December 2008 10:39:25 pm webtrekker at cox.net wrote:
> Hi All,
> Looking for suggestions for a truly free Xserver for M$Windows... My past
> favorite - Xming - is no longer "free", you have to make a "donation" to
> download.  I don't mind paying for software, especially software that I
> find very useful like Xming.  I will probably breakdown and make a
> "donation",but it just kinda rubs me wrong for a developer to call
> something "free" only then to charge ya for it. So, really there are two
> questions here -- a good Xserver for Windows and thoughts on this kind of
> "free" software.

"Free" has nothing to do with a price tag or lack thereof.
Generally, the Free Software Foundation has always encouraged charging a fee 
for free software.



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