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New Can you Twikify or HowTo this?
I would very much like to be able to run Win2K and Xandros (Debian-based) on the same desktop. If I'm reading you right, running them on the same hardware would normally require VMWare (or similar) or a special (fragile) Linux kernel. It sounds like, again if I'm reading you correctly, that you've got something like an enhanced VNC session working between the Linux and Winders boxes.

But in this post you are saying you've got them running on the same hardware by using WinXP and Cygwin/X.

I'm still having a little trouble understanding what you're doing. Is Cygwin/X a Linux kernel or simulated Linux distro that runs on top of Winders? I thought Cygwin was a package that let one run small apps, but wasn't able to run giant things like Gnome. I guess it can do that now. If Cygwin/X can do all of this, why would one want the cooperative kernel. So that Linux could be the host?

This sounds like a great solution to getting up to speed with Linux without having to jump in with both feet. What's the speed like? Can the Linux session talk to the hardware directly (for things like running scanners, etc.)?

Could you Twikify or go into a little more detail about what exactly you did to get this running?

Thanks a bunch.

Cheers,
Scott.
New Re: Can you Twikify or HowTo this?
If I have it right:

Computer A is running Windows XP and has Cygwin with X installed.

Computer B is running Linux and gdm (the Gnome Display Manager - probably better known to you as the graphical login screen) is responding to XDMCP (X Display Manager Control Protocol) requests; this allows you to have the display somewhere other than the local machine.

On Computer A, Greg issues a command similar to "XWin.exe -query Computer B" which starts up the local X server (on Computer A). gdm responds and presents Greg with a login screen; the application (gdm) is running on Computer B, but the GUI is being displayed across the network on Computer B.

Clearer?


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New Except that on the second set of
Screenies is all running on 1 machine at the same time.

Computer A is running WindowsXP and VMware running Linux (the native install vs a Virtual disk and such).

Cygwin is the running on the WindowsXP, VMware is running on WindowsXP and Linux is runing under VMware and has gdm ON. Cygwin Logs in using XDMCP to the VMware Linux and everything is executing on a single processor.

Now the last picture is Linux as the Host OS, VMware is running with WindowsXP Native install on a seperate profile (hardware profile) thnen it has cygwin requesting to the host os to login again. Thereby running the Linux apps on the Linux machine proper and Displaying on the Windows in Cygwin, running under VMware.

As Drook pointed out: Computer A == Windows, Computer B == Linux Under Windows VMware.

Except for the last one: Computer A == Linux Host, Computer B == Windows Under Linux VMware, requesting to the Computer A Host as a remote machine.
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Expand Edited by folkert Oct. 3, 2004, 11:10:43 AM EDT
     Sporking of Hardware... - (folkert) - (16)
         Okay, *now* I'm going to have to take it to work - (drewk) - (15)
             Screenies? - (folkert) - (14)
                 #2 is just so ... wrong - (drewk) - (6)
                     It involves Blackmagic and Fairy dust. - (folkert) - (5)
                         Yes I did - (drewk) - (4)
                             That ain't TOOO hard either. - (folkert) - (3)
                                 Is that co-operative kernel *and* VMWare, or is that "or" - (drewk) - (2)
                                     Okay... I talk in circles I guess. - (folkert) - (1)
                                         Somewhere out there ... - (drewk)
                 OK, that's new to me... - (Steven A S) - (1)
                     GIYF - (inthane-chan)
                 Second Verse... - (folkert) - (4)
                     {chortle} + {sighhh} - (Ashton)
                     Can you Twikify or HowTo this? - (Another Scott) - (2)
                         Re: Can you Twikify or HowTo this? - (pwhysall) - (1)
                             Except that on the second set of - (folkert)

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