posted May 11, 2019, 6:52 AM by Teng-Yok Lee
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updated Jan 2, 2021, 8:38 PM
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NOTE: The column Easy so use is based on the amount of
configurations needed after installation. More * means more effort. So
far it seems that VcXsrv is the best one in terms of all main features I
need.
| Software |
Installation |
Price/ license |
Clipboard |
Resizing of windows? |
OpenGL |
Easy to use |
Notes |
| VcXsrv |
A single installer. |
FREE GPL3 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes w/o native opengl. |
** |
- Might be blocked by old Micro Trend.
- Should disable native opengl.
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| MobaXTerm |
A single installer. |
FREE |
Failed? |
Yes |
Yes w/o X extensions. |
*** |
- For
heavy PowerPoint users, it would be better to remove the hotkey Ctrl+M.
Ctrl+M is also used to insert new slides in PowerPoint, but by default
MobaXTerm grab this hotkey.
- Better to disable X extensions for OpenGL.
- See more limits of the free version HERE
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$69/yr per user |
? |
? |
? |
? |
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| Xming |
A single installer. |
FREE |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
* |
- Or try older versions (REF)?
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$20/yr |
? |
? |
? |
? |
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| cygwin/X |
Multiple cygwin packages |
FREE
X11
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes with limited & incorrect color depth |
***** |
- See installation guide HERE.
- More complicated to configure (e.g. for putty, need to manually specify the path t .Xauthority for each configuration).
- Might be blocked by old Micro Trend.
- If the X server restarts, current SSH session will fail and need to re-connect.
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