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Re: server X
- To: Alexander Stockdale <astockdale at computer dot org>
- Subject: Re: server X
- From: Jeff Sturm <jsturm at sigma6 dot com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 11:05:24 -0400
- CC: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- References: <19980910001327.30985.qmail@findmail.com>
FYI: I have just been told by a representative of MicroImages that they
are currently considering releasing their MI/X server under an open
source license. If that happens, then MI/X could be a good starting
point for development (if it just supported SHAPE it would work well for
me).
Alexander Stockdale wrote:
>
> > > I'm asking myself a question. Don't we need to port the X server part under
> > > gnu win ? In fact, it's the only part we have to buy to make the Xclient
> > > stuff works. Is it an idea or do you consider that the free stuff is
> > > sufficient ?
> >
> > Quite a variety of native Win32 ports of X servers should work fine,
> > be it a free or commercial one. You may want to try the free ones
> > first and see how they work for you...
> >
>
> The two free x-servers for Win32 that I'm aware of are the M/IX server (mentioned elsewhere in this thread) and the StarNet server. The M/IX server is fair (does not support Athena widgets properly). The StarNet server is quite good, but the downloadable version will only run for 2 hours at a time.
>
> I think we really need to port XFree86 to the cygwin environment. I've started looking into this, but it looks like it may be a big job (just look at the size of the diff file for the OS/2 port).
--
Jeff Sturm
jsturm@sigma6.com
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