Re: [coLinux-users] Spam: Xming - free X server

[Holger K. <hol...@gm...>]

> I'm just trying to figure out what the minimum required components are.
> 
> - coLinux
> - Xming
> - ssh(?)
> 
> What I do today to get an xterm shell is to execute the command line
> below under Windows. I've got CygWin w/ssh installed.
> 
> C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --login -i -c "DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0 ssh -l oharboe
> -Y colinux 'xterm'"

Hmm, if you want to get rid of ssh just to eliminate a needed component on the windows side, maybe setup XDM with a xterm as a window manager.
I never did that, but i don't see a reason why this shouldn't work. You can skip cygwin then. Putty is the nicer ssh anyway.