[olug] Windows Xserver

Kevin sharpestmarble at gmail.com
Thu Dec 4 21:05:20 UTC 2008


Sounds expensive, in terms of system resources.

Is there a bug in Xming 6.9.0.31 that you're specifically trying to
address or a security hole that you think users are particularly
likely to exploit?

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 14:57, Craig Wolf <CJWolf at mpsomaha.org> wrote:
> Why not just run VMWare server since it costs nothing (Not necessarily free).
>
> Craig Wolf
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>
>>>> Obi-Wan <obiwan at jedi.com> 12/4/2008 >>>
> OK, so what about setting up a VMware guest machine running any Unix
> OS and then, when you need an X server on your Windows desktop, you
> run the Unix client VM through VMware's free player and do all your
> X stuff from that VM client?
>
> VMware player can't create new clients, so you'd need to find somebody
> with a paid copy to create the machine for you initially, but once
> it's created, you can use the client however you like.
>
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