ssh -X

[James Knott]

Ian Petersen wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Teddy <teddy-5sHjOODPK7E at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>   
>> If I were to run an X-window app from Putty/Windows, would the X-window apps
>> still run? (my guess is no)
>>     
>
> I think you can do that if you install the Cygwin X server, but I've
> never done it myself.
>
>   

I have, but I find Xming is easier to work with, though I find it no 
longer works with XDMCP, so you can't run a full desktop anymore.  It's 
still fine for running an app via ssh -X/


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