Sun 2004-08-08 09:39, Bob Lawrence (3:712/610.12) wrote to All:

 BL> has anyone heard fo WinAxe? It's supposed to eb a progrma that 
 BL> lets you run Linux under Windows. All it needs is a separate
 BL> Linux box and a network connection... you run Linux under Winodws.

It's just an X server.  Linux programs still run on the Linux machine but
their output is redirected to the Windows machine.  Along the lines of
Telnet or SSH, but graphical.

 BL> It sounds pretty ideal to me. I could use my Linux box as the
 BL> gateway, loaded with X and the Linux programs (plus a few DOS
 BL> programs), and run the whole thing from the Windows machine.

Yes.

 BL>  Of course there's always a catch.Has anyone ever tried WinAxe?

The catch is WinAxe is $US90+ versus Cygwin's X server, which is free,
however Cygwin's X server may be harder to configure.  Also, the display
redirection might be a bit slow depending on the speed of your LAN.

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