[X2Go-User] Newbie question: What is x2go's relationship to VcXsrv?

[David Aldrich]

Thanks for your explanations. 

Best regards

David

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> Sent: 11 May 2015 10:35
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> Subject: Re: [X2Go-User] Newbie question: What is x2go's relationship to
> VcXsrv?
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> Am 11.05.2015 um 10:56 schrieb David Aldrich:
> 
> > I use VcXsrv and have just come across x2go.
> 
> > Please will someone explain if there is any relationship between x2go
> > and VcXsrv?
> 
> Plain VcXsrv is just that - a plain X server for Windows, that you can use with
> any SSH client that supports X forwarding, no change on the Unix machine
> required.
> 
> For X2Go, you need to install the X2Go server packages on your Unix
> (currently: only Linux) machine, else you will be unable to connect to it using
> X2GoClient.
> 
> X2GoClient for Windows ships with a patched/forked version of VcXsrv,
> kindly maintained by Mike DePaulo, informally known on this list as Mike#2.
> 
> 
> > Why might I want to use x2go instead of VcXsrv?
> 
> For learning about the advantages of X2Go, I would like to suggest you visit
> our Wiki page for beginners:
> http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:newtox2go
> 
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Stefan Baur
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