Xming – Yet another connection freak
Xming is one of the top X Window server for Microsoft. It is packed with so many features and it is very simple to install. When Xming has been used with SSH it is totally secure. When Xming has also been used with Xming-portablePutty, it works completely independent for the Window’s registry.
It is interactive due to its 3D graphics ability which is also compatible with openGL and WGL. High performance window platform supports hardware accelerated at OpenGl. It is very easy and quick to install as the installer will find it as a child’s play.
Within a few mouse clicks Xming can be installed on your computer. To rendering 3D graphics Xming use either Mesa or Microsoft WGL. The Xming executable has an absolute least amount of fonts; therefore Xming users require extra fonts to supplement. Traditional X applications like emacs require Xming fonts.
Xming-portablePuTTY offers a fully portable substitute for PuTTY. Xming is completely autonomous because you don’t need to install portablePuTTY in the same directory where you have installed Xming program. You can use Xming for several functions.
- ‘Project’ your desired X widow GUI application onto a Microsoft Desktop.
- You can run Xming on multiple monitors
- Use your windows machine as just a thin client to Linux or UNIX.
Xming is a leadingX Window Server for the Microsoft XP or 2008 or Windows7. It is completely featured, fast, lean, current, easy to install as well as it is standalone Microsoft Windows, very easily transported as the pocket X server.
Xming is secure while used with the SSH & optionally includes the enhanced PuTTY Link SSH costumer as well as portable PuTTY replacement deal. Xming will work totally independent of Window’s registry while used with the Xming portablePuTTY.
Interactive 3D graphics ability is been provided compatible with the OpenGL or GLX as well as WGL. The high performance platform AIGLX is accessible for the graphics cards, which support the hardware accelerated GL.
Xming is the cross compiled on the Linux for the Microsoft Windows (32bit x 86), making use of MinGW, from canonical X.Org source code with patches applied. Also it is been kept current & secure with the frequent updates from X.Org, XCB, XKB, FreeType2, Pthreads Win32, Mesa, PuTTY as well as Freedesktop Bugzilla.
The X server development also is been shared with the Cygwin/X as well as merged in a common X.Org DDX codebase. Not like the Cygwin or X, Xming will not need the Linux API layer.