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Cygwin's XFree86 4.2.0 on Windows XP

Posted by timothy on from the so-who's-using-it dept.

stock writes: "A interesting and important piece of software on the win32 platform for me has always been X11 server software like Hummingbird's Exceed, or Startnet's Xwin32 Professional. Today i glanced at cygwin's site and found that a complete XFree86 4.2.0 for Windows XP can be downloaded now! It shouldn't be hard for newcomers as it features a setup.exe . The package comes free and is basicly licensed as X style licensed software which runs on cygwin32 which has a GPL license." Looks like this has been out since May -- can anyone who's been using it since then comment on how well it works? Update: 07/07 17:12 GMT by T : haroldhunt (project leader for Cygwin/XFree86) wrote to clarify: "Cygwin/XFree86 runs on all recent consumer and business versions of Windows; as of 2002-05-12 those versions are specifically Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP."

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  1. The mirror list by roalt · · Score: 0, Redundant

    To overcome slashdotting, here is the mirror list that host cygwin software: (from cygwin's website) The following sites generously agreed to mirror our main Cygwin ftp site. To save you download time, please choose the one nearest to you! Note: We maintain a list of sites who have indicated that they are acting as mirrors of the full cygwin FTP area. We poll this list on a regular basis to determine if these sites are currently available. The list of sites below reflects all of the sites who appear to be on-line and acting as mirrors. If you think that your site should be listed below or if you would like to add your site to the list please contact us. Mirror Sites: * Asia: o Hong Kong: ftp.carfield.com.hk, www.carfield.com.hk o Japan: ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp, ring.aist.go.jp, ring.asahi-net.or.jp, ring.astem.or.jp, ring.crl.go.jp, ring.exp.fujixerox.co.jp, ring.ip-kyoto.ad.jp, ring.jah.ne.jp, ring.so-net.ne.jp o Korea: linux.sarang.net o Russia: ftp.chg.ru o Taiwan: ftp.nctu.edu.tw * Australia: o Australia: mirror.aarnet.edu.au, mirror.aarnet.edu.au, planetmirror.com, planetmirror.com * Europe: o Austria: gd.tuwien.ac.at o Belgium: ftp.easynet.be, ftp.skynet.be o Czech Republic: ftp.fee.vutbr.cz, sunsite.ms.mff.cuni.cz o Denmark: sunsite.dk o Finland: ftp.funet.fi o France: ftp.oav.net, ftp.oav.net o Germany: ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de, ftp.inf.tu-dresden.de, ftp.uni-erlangen.de, ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de, ftp.inf.tu-dresden.de, ftp.inf.tu-dresden.de o Greece: ftp.ntua.gr o Poland: sunsite.icm.edu.pl o Portugal: ftp.eq.uc.pt, ftp.eq.uc.pt o Slovakia: ftp.tuke.sk, ftp.tuke.sk o Spain: ftp.rediris.es o Sweden: ftp.sunet.se o Switzerland: sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch o UK: ftp.ccp14.dl.ac.uk, ftp.mirror.ac.uk, ftp.plig.net, programming.ccp14.ac.uk o Ukraine: ftp.tlk-l.net., ftp.tlk-l.net. * North America: o California: ftp.nas.nasa.gov o Delaware: ftp.lug.udel.edu, ftp.lug.udel.edu o Florida: ftp.cise.ufl.edu o Illinois: mirror.mcs.anl.gov, uiarchive.uiuc.edu, mirror.mcs.anl.gov, uiarchive.uiuc.edu o Indiana: archive.progeny.com, archive.progeny.com, archive.progeny.com o Maryland: mirrors.umbc.edu o Virginia: mirrors.rcn.net, mirrors.rcn.net * Pacific: o Hawaii: videl.ics.hawaii.edu * South America: o Brazil: ftp.matrix.com.br, ftp.unicamp.br, cygwin.matrix.com.br, www.softaplic.com.br o Peru: ftp.sajinet.com.pe Regardless of the origin of the tools, please be sure to read the download instructions which explains how to get get everything working, starting with the installation process. Enjoy!