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how to know whether Wayland or X11 is being used?

May 16, 2023

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I have never used Wayland so far, I only heard of it. With my new job it is sort of the enforced work environment together with ubuntu 22.x. It means quite a challenge.

X2Go – open source remote desktop software for Linux on the server side – on the client side: Linux, macOS, Windows

Nov 25, 2020

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johayek

in remote_access, remote_desktop_software, X Window System, X11

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X2Go https://www.curlie.org/Computers/Software/Networking/Remote_Access/

updating my cygwin installation left me in trouble again — was: Microsoft Windows and the X Window System

Apr 18, 2018

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johayek

in cygwin, Microsoft Windows, ssh, X Window System, X Window System, X11

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygwin/X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_tunnel $ startxwin I usually prefer the rootless way. My applications nowadays “usually” run on a Linux (Debian, …) system or AIX. Update 2018-04-18: After some cygwin updating startxwin prefers to shut down immediately instead of offering me a menu (“xwin-xdg-menu … — an XDG Desktop Menu Specification menu“) in the system tray.…

Microsoft Windows and the X Window System — new title: updating my cygwin installation left me in trouble again

Oct 16, 2017

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johayek

in cygwin, Microsoft Windows, ssh, X Window System, X Window System, X11

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygwin/X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_tunnel $ startxwin I usually prefer the rootless way. My applications nowadays “usually” run on a Linux (Debian, …) system or AIX. Update 2018-04-18: After some cygwin updating startxwin prefers to shut down immediately. I had no idea, that startxwin uses this start-up file: /etc/X11/xinit/startxwinrc . The last utility called there usually makes X wait…

xv is a program written by John Bradley to display and modify digital images under the X Window System – and OS X as well

Nov 30, 2014

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johayek

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xv has always been my (main) image viewer and modifier on all the Unix systems, ever since they ran the X Window System. The Control Window The xv controls window is the central point of control for the program, which just goes to show how appropriately it was named. It contains controls to resize the…

Xming is an implementation of the X Window System for Microsoft Windows operating systems

Mar 20, 2013

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johayek

in cygwin, X Window System, X11

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xming The Xming X server is based on Cygwin/X, the X.Org Server. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygwin/X – the X server, I had used occasionally on Windows https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System I heard of Xming last night at the etengo Hamburg freelancer meet up.