Comments on: A New Toy http://www.fieryfred.org.uk/2008/05/07/a-new-toy/ Random meanderings of a software developer Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:10:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mrben http://www.fieryfred.org.uk/2008/05/07/a-new-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-89 mrben Fri, 09 May 2008 08:37:55 +0000 http://fieryfred.org.uk/?p=26#comment-89 A slightly less heavy way would be to install the XMing X server for windows, and forward using that, which saves having to run a whole other OS on top of your existing OS. Xming - http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/ In this method, you SSH in, and forward the X11 display to your machine, and then any application you run from your SSH session will magically appear on your Windows machine as if it were running on that machine. (X is pretty damn clever when it comes to stuff like this, IMHO) A slightly less heavy way would be to install the XMing X server for windows, and forward using that, which saves having to run a whole other OS on top of your existing OS.

Xming – http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/

In this method, you SSH in, and forward the X11 display to your machine, and then any application you run from your SSH session will magically appear on your Windows machine as if it were running on that machine.

(X is pretty damn clever when it comes to stuff like this, IMHO)

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