Xming
{{Short description|X11 display server for Windows}}
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| author = Alexander Gottwald (2004–2005){{cite web|url=https://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin-xfree/2004-11/msg00035.html|title=Alexander Gottwald - mingw only xserver|website=sourceware.org}}
| developer = Alexander Gottwald (?–2005){{cite web|url=https://sourceware.org/ml/win32-x11/2005-q3/msg00013.html|title=Alexander Gottwald - New Cygwin/X and Xming maintainer wanted|website=sourceware.org}}{{cite web|url=http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Xming|title=Xming - Freedesktop.org|date=5 December 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041205093603/http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Xming|archive-date=2004-12-05}}
Colin Harrison(2005 - present)[http://linuxgazette.net/129/pitcher.html Free as a Bird - Linux GUI with Xming], A Prisoner of Windows LG #129 ( August 2006), Linux Gazette - Xming is a port of the X.org X11 server to the Windows environment, currently maintained by Colin Harrison who took over from Alexander Gottwald.
| released = {{Start date and age|2004|11|09}}
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| latest release version = 7.7.1.9, proprietary
6.9.0.31, MIT License
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2024|11|06}}, proprietary
{{Start date and age|2007|5|4}}, MIT License
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| operating system = Microsoft Windows XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008/7/Server 2012/8.x/10
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| genre = Display server
| license = Proprietary software{{cite web|url=http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/terms.php|title=Xming's Terms and Conditions|website=Xming|access-date=October 13, 2009}}
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Xming is an X11 display server for Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows XP and later.{{cite news |url=http://www.linux.com/news/use-linux-over-windows-xming/|title=Use Linux over Windows with Xming|publisher=Linux.com|author=Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier|date=2007-08-08|access-date=2009-06-08}}{{cite web|url=http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tip/18137.html|title=Xming - A X Server for Windows|publisher=Novell|author=David Mair|date=2006-11-22|access-date=2009-06-09|archive-date=2009-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530234934/http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tip/18137.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/|title=Xming X Server for Windows - Official Website|first=Colin|last=Harrison|website=wayback.archive-it.org|access-date=2017-03-23|archive-date=2012-10-10|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20121010233448/http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/|url-status=bot: unknown}}
Features
Xming provides the X Window System display server, a set of traditional sample X applications and tools, as well as a set of fonts. It features support of several languages and has Mesa 3D, OpenGL, and GLX 3D graphics extensions capabilities.
The Xming X server is based on Cygwin/X,{{cite web|url=http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingCode/|title=Xming X Server for Windows - Code|first=Colin|last=Harrison|website=www.straightrunning.com}} the X.Org Server. It is cross-compiled on Linux with the MinGW compiler suite and the Pthreads-Win32 multi-threading library. Xming runs natively on Windows and does not need any third-party emulation software.
Xming may be used with implementations of Secure Shell (SSH) to securely forward X11 sessions from other computers. It supports PuTTY and ssh.exe, and comes with a version of PuTTY's plink.exe. The Xming project also offers a portable version of PuTTY. When SSH forwarding is not used, the local file Xn.hosts must be updated with host name or IP address of the remote machine where the GUI application is started.
The software has been recommended by authors of books on free software when a free X server is needed,Van Vugt 2009:273Garrido 2007:366 and described as simpleIskander 2007:41 and easier to install though less configurable than other popular free choices like Cygwin/X.Peckar 2008:182
Transition to proprietary license
Since May 2007, payment must be made to download new releases.{{cite web|url=http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/#head-12|title=Xming X Server for Windows - Official Website|first=Colin|last=Harrison|website=www.straightrunning.com}} Purchasing a license will allow the user access to new downloads for one year; however, MIT-licensed releases (referred to by the author as "public domain" releases) can still be downloaded with no payment on SourceForge.{{cite web|url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/|title=Xming X Server for Windows|website=SourceForge|date=9 August 2016 }}
See also
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
Notes
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References
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- {{cite book | last = Iskander | first = Magued | title = Innovations in E-learning, Instruction Technology, Assessment, and Engineering Education | publisher = Springer | year = 2007 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=X2ifByY_JKwC | isbn = 978-1-4020-6261-2}}
- {{cite book | last = Van Vugt | first = Sander | title = Beginning the Linux Command Line | publisher = Apress | year = 2009 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pxBwMx7O-bkC | isbn = 978-1-4302-1889-0}}
- {{cite book | last = Garrido | first = José M |author2=Richard Schlesinger | title = Principles of modern operating systems | publisher = Jones & Bartlett Publishers | year = 2007 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=EYlriWI8ZX8C | isbn = 978-0-7637-3574-6}}
- {{cite book | last = Peckar | first = Mike | title = Fognet's Field Guide to OpenView Network Node Manager - Revised | publisher = Lulu.com | year = 2008 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=-SyyO_ZZXHYC | isbn = 978-0-9785627-2-4}}
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/}}
- {{sourceforge|xming}}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002220717/http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Xming |date=October 2, 2007 |title=WebCache of Original project homesite }}
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