Sunday, January 23, 2011

X server for windows

Hi everyone,

I'm looking to run cygwin xterm on my machine. For this I need an X server, which one would you recommend?

It's important that it won't have too much memory leaks and that it would be fast enough to allow reasonable terminal based work on the PC.

Thank you, Maxim.

  • How about Cygwin/X?

    Maxim Veksler : I see there are 2 alternatives Cygwin/X and Xming. Do you know which one is lighter in terms of cpu/memory consumption?
    Andrejs Cainikovs : Xming is simple and easier to install though less configurable than Cygwin/X. It also has the advantage of more active development. On the other hand, Cygwin/X is much closer port of X for Windows with all the possible features.
  • When I was on MS Windows XP, I found Xming to be quite stable, manageable and not resource-hungry.

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