From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 6 06:48:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id GAA08478 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 6 Jan 1997 06:48:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-ofc04.srv.cis.pitt.edu (root@post-ofc04.srv.cis.pitt.edu [136.142.185.11]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id GAA08471 for ; Mon, 6 Jan 1997 06:48:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from unixs3.cis.pitt.edu (jddst19@unixs3.cis.pitt.edu [136.142.185.54]) by post-ofc04.srv.cis.pitt.edu with SMTP (8.8.4/cispo-2.0.1.7) ID ; Mon, 6 Jan 1997 09:35:16 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 09:35:15 -0500 (EST) From: John D Duncan X-Sender: jddst19@unixs3.cis.pitt.edu To: rai@www.hotmail.com cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XWINDOWS In-Reply-To: <32CF22F1.23F5@hotmail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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 ============== jddst19+@pitt.edu John Duncan Freshman, University of Pittsburgh "I'm not a doctor, but I ate one at the UPMC..."