Running X server under Windows.
authorOleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com>
Wed, 03 Aug 2016 16:17:55 +0300
changeset 1996 769233fb9bc8
parent 1995 b09608bae2a0
child 1997 2bf749c6e836
Running X server under Windows.
x.rst
--- a/x.rst	Mon Aug 01 19:51:15 2016 +0300
+++ b/x.rst	Wed Aug 03 16:17:55 2016 +0300
@@ -459,3 +459,17 @@
   $ sudo apt-get install xnest
   $ startx xterm -- `command -v Xnest` :1 -geometry 800x600
 
+Running X server under Windows
+==============================
+
+https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/
+  VcXsrv Windows X Server, the xorg git sources compiled with Visual C++ 2012
+  Express Edition.
+http://x.cygwin.com/
+  Cygwin's xwin. Cygwin/X is a port of the X Window System to the Cygwin API
+  layer for the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems.
+https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/
+  Xming is the leading X Window System Server for Microsoft Windows 8/7/Vista/XP
+  (+ server 2012/2008/2003). It is fully featured, small and fast, simple to
+  install and because it is standalone native Microsoft Windows, easily made
+  portable (not needing a machine-specific installation).