Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 09:35:15 -0500 (EST) From: John D Duncan <jddst19+@pitt.edu> To: rai@www.hotmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XWINDOWS Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95L.970106092942.17598C-100000@unixs3.cis.pitt.edu> In-Reply-To: <32CF22F1.23F5@hotmail.com>
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> do you need to run freebsd in order to run xwindows?
> rai@hotmail.com
>
If you don't run FreeBSD, there are a variety of options.
Xservers have been written for most platforms. On windows, a popular
one is eXceed. I find that one hard to configure and play with, but
its speed and compatibility appears to be good.
IBM produces an Xserver that works in tandem with their TCP/IP package
over OS2 and Warp. If you don't have Warp connect, then you have to buy
both packages (X and TCP/IP) but if you have Warp Connect, then you can
merely buy X and use TCP/IP that comes with the package.
On the Mac, most of us use eXodus, which has a good interface, even if it
is sometimes slow.
X comes in a variety of forms for most unix workstations.
There is also a third-party operating system for PCs called DESQview X,
which has the main goal of providing X11, but I haven't heard much on its
progress since about 1992.
-John
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jddst19+@pitt.edu John Duncan
Freshman, University of Pittsburgh
"I'm not a doctor, but I ate one at the UPMC..."
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