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- From: a722756@roper.mc.ti.com (W. Donald Rolph)
- Subject: Re: X-Windows and NT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.120902@roper.mc.ti.com>
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- References: <1iecr4INN5n5@news.uni-paderborn.de> <1993Jan8.142135.23571@solaris.rz.tu-clausthal.de>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 17:09:02 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan8.142135.23571@solaris.rz.tu-clausthal.de>, hochstae@allfiwib1.wiwi.uni-marburg.de (Christoph H. Hochstaetter) writes:
- |> In <1iecr4INN5n5@news.uni-paderborn.de> toddy@uni-paderborn.de (Thomas Rose) writes:
- |> >Is it possible to install and run X11R5 Libarys and programs on a NT
- |> >machine. Is there an implementation up to now ?
- |> >
- |> >I don't like the program mananger, and i think the best desktop would
- |> >be X-Windows !
- |> >
- |>
- |> I uploaded W32CAT.ZIP to cica. It contains a Winword 2.0 Document with
- |> available Software for NT. You'll find an X-Windows Server there too.
- |>
- |> Christoph
- |> -------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------
- |> Christoph H. Hochstaetter, Philipps-University Marburg | Universitaetsstr. 25
- |> Internet: hochstae@allfiwib1.wiwi.uni-marburg.de | D-W-3550 Marburg
- |> Bitnet : HOCHSTAE AT DMRHRZ11 | Germany
- |> Fido : 2:243/660 | Phone +49-6421-28-7092
- |> Fax : +49-6421-28-4858 |
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- To work properly we would also need an x-client capability over local sockets. I
- suggest for consideration that one of the things windows nt needs for complete
- success is x-window as a native windowing system running concurrently with windows
- 3.x equiv. For the purposes of discussion, let us assuem windows 3.x equiv is
- the window manager.
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- Regards.
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- Don Rolph a722756@pan.mc.ti.com WD3 MS10-13 (508)-699-1263
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