RE: XWindows client on windows (fwd)

["Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi at InspirePharm dot Com>]

> Suahib,
>   yes, this answers the question, thanks.  Is this information on
> a web page
> somewhere where I can point people for a status on the servers in the
> future?  I'd like to be able to use the 'if you invest X
> man-hours in this
> its still cheaper than a few hundred licenses' argument if
> possible, and a
> web page with this info (as well as a 'How to contribute' section) would
> help my argument.


This on my TO DO list.  The Cygwin/XFree URL needs to be updated.  I was
planing to do last weekend.  Unfortunately, this had been a hectic week at
work
and do not get enough time to sit down and code web pages for Cygwin/XFree.

Suhaib

>
> I'll try to contribute to the debug a little after April 17th, so
> it would
> be nice to be able to go to a page that tells me what to download/install
> and where to hunt for bugs, for example.  Which of the solutions
> below would
> be the 'most likely to be the real solution'?  I can try to help
> with that
> one.  Currently it sounds like XGGI or XGDI/VNC, right?
>
> Thanks, Nils.
> ps. the Mozilla project (mozilla.org) has excellent pages along
> these lines
> for anyone who wants to contribute.
>
>
> In message
> <POEJIIKDIPBMBPOANKOAIENLCBAA.ssiddiqi@InspirePharm.Com>, "Suhaib
> M.
>  Siddiqi" writes:
> >We still lack a stable X-sever.  There are 5 X server at
> Cygwin-xfree site.
> >One is XGGI, but Steve during last few days reported problems with it
> >which John could reproduce and is fixing it.
> >
> >Second is XGDI/VNC, which is the most stable one so far, but it runs only
> >in Window'ed mode... something like MI/X does.
> >
> >Third is XWin, DirectX based.  It is the buggiest one in our pool.  I
> >cannot open any X client using it.  It crashes with DirectX surface
> >lock error message.
> >
> >Fourth and Fith are based upon Peter Busch video drivers NTUX.  These
> >lack Window manager and are at Beta version.
> >
> >In summary nothing is so stable at the moment which could be
> >classified as an equivalent to Exceed.
> >
> >Writing an X server is a major projects, and we do not have
> >enough contributors.  Peter Busch is working on stabilizing
> >the X servers.  Therefore hopefully in the near future we
> >could be able to declare one of the above mentioned X server
> >as an stable release.
> >
> >I hope this answer your questions.
> >
> >Suhaib
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com
> >> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com]On Behalf Of Nils
> >> Lohner
> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 4:28 AM
> >> To: cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com
> >> Subject: XWindows client on windows (fwd)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I sent this message to Suhaib earlier, but I think its a question
> >> others may
> >> be asking as well, so I'll post it here.  Basically: what are
> >> currently the
> >> alternatives to a product like exceed?  A real X server, vnc,
> >> anything else
> >> come to mind?
> >>
> >> Thanks, Nils.
> >>
> >> ------- Forwarded Message
> >>
> >> Hello Suhaib,
> >>   I've seen quite a bit of activity on the list recently, and
> >> things seem to
> >> be looking good!  A quick question though: at present, how easy (and
> >> reliable) is an installation of something that will function
> to allow X
> >> Clients (as exceed and others do)?  Here at work people are
> >> thinking about
> >> buying a lot of exceed licenses, but if there's a free alternative,
> >> obviously that would be better, but it has to be a 'solution' as
> >> they like
> >> to call it and not a hack.
> >>
> >> Please let me know.
> >>
> >> Thanks, Nils.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ------- End of Forwarded Message
> >>
> >>
> >
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