Xming
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| Original author(s) | Alexander Gottwald (2004-2005) |
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| Developer(s) | Alexander Gottwald (?-2005) Colin Harrison(2005 - present) |
| Initial release | November 9, 2004 |
| Stable release |
7.5.0.97, proprietary
6.9.0.31, public domain software / August 31, 2015, proprietary May 4, 2007, public domain |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/2012/8 |
| Type | Display server |
| License | Xming license (proprietary software) |
| Website | www |
Xming is an X11 display server for Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows XP or later.
Xming provides the X Window System display server, a set of traditional sample X applications and tools, and 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, 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.
The software has been recommended by authors of books on free software when a free X server is needed, and described as simple and easier to install though less configurable than other popular free choices like Cygwin/X.
Donations must be made to download new releases, (since May 2007). Making a donation or a purchase will allow the user access to new downloads for one year. However releases listed as "Public Domain" can still be downloaded with no donation, the same public releases are hosted on sourceforge.
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