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

[Stefan Baur]

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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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