At 04:50 AM 1/11/1999 +0000, Frankie wrote: >Hi, >sorry to post a non debian specific question, but: >Are there any open X clients which I can connect to out on the internet? >This is just as an experiment, because on the x.org website (I think), >you can connect to an X client and play chess. I couldn't get this to >work, and I'm not bothered and so I am not askin for help about that :-) >but I am curious about connecting to an X client and want to connect to >one, just to see if I can and judge for myself how much better X is the >win95 :-) > >yours, >frankie
If I understand what you want, you want to run an X client on a Windows box. This might give you a taste of the flavor of X, but the "engine" will still be Windows with all its limitations, so don't expect to get a true feel for it. To do this, you'll need an X Server on your Windows box. The X Server is the "engine" for X Windows. There's a free version from www.microimages.com called Mix/TNTLite or something or other that you can run on top of Windows. It's kindda like running a Macintosh emulator on Windows, so it won't be truly representative of X. Once you are running MiX on your Windows box, you can telnet to a Linux/Unix server somewhere that has X clients and run those X clients. The X client will show up on your local screen, running on top of your MiX server, which is running on top of Windows. Hope this help.
