Xming

Perfect for running X applications from my local Linux box. No good if Linux machine is remote - use NoMachine's NX for that.

A great Xserver to run on Windows.

it's part of Portable Ubuntu! Nice!

I use it every working day. It's stable, fast, and reliable. Super good software.

I am preparing for a presentation on inter OS applications and so i have been heavily using wine and Xming. Very nice server.

Part of my Ulteo installation - it's a really cool piece of software and it's free

This program is incredibly useful if you want to access Linux (or Solaris, or Unix, FreeBSD, etc) from Windows. I used Cygwin/X, but it seems to be no longer updated and on my computer use 100% CPU all the time doing absolutely nothing. Xming works perfectly and has more features.

If you use Windows & Linux, GET IT!!

I am always trying to learn Linux, but falling short because of the ease of falling back on what I know/use at work. I am starting to push a little harder now that I am in the data storage industry and it uses both *nix and Windows. Part of that process guided me to xming and the idea of running programs on one computer and having the gui on another.

Basically, I connect to my Ubuntu Linux computer via Putty's SSH and then when I open a program, like firefox, it opens up on my windows computer. The firefox that is opening up is running on my linux machine, which means any favorites, history additions, or password saves are going to be on the linux box. It's like running Citrix, where you are running a program, but it's not on your computer.

Anyway, I think this thing rocks and I have been loving it. I am typing this from firefox that is running on my personal computer. I am on my work laptop, connecting through to my personal computer. This is one way to bypass a restriction on browsing options. Run a browser from your house.