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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. WHO CARES ABOUT THIS SHIT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Real MCSE's run Win2k Server

    1. Re:WHO CARES ABOUT THIS SHIT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
      Where does that leave the MSCE?
      They end up on Slashdot, posting Microsoft fanboy drivel.
  2. Only for Windows XP? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    2000 is faster and more stable.

  3. Goatse ALERT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    That is a goatse link! DO NOT CLICK IT!

  4. MONEY: NO; STATUS: MORE DEAD THAN *BSD; POOR: YES by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    n/t

  5. TOO LATE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I clicked the link and was exposed to the most horrific butthole picture I have ever seen. At first I was repulsed, but then I came to be aroused by it. Sadly just that one click has led me to consider taking up homosexuality. I thought I had kicked the manlust impulse after I burned my naked RMS pics, but alas I didn't. Ah well, I guess I'll just have to get used to fæces smeared on my cock.

  6. Re:Works perfectly. Killer app. by lucifuge31337 · · Score: 0, Troll

    +1, Poster has a clue

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  7. Re:What I'd like to know.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You're such a poser, you fucking idiot wannabe piece of geek-trash.