X Windows Server Software

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dailo

macrumors regular

Original poster

• Apr 10, 2006

• #1

Are there any X Windows Server software outhere for Macs? I usually use exceed in Windows, but now that I have a MBP I want to run it on mac 🙂

 

balamw

Moderator emeritus

• Apr 10, 2006

• #2

dailo said:

Are there any X Windows Server software outhere for Macs? I usually use exceed in Windows, but now that I have a MBP I want to run it on mac 🙂

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X11 is provided with OS X, but is an optional component.

Install it from your OS X DVD.

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dailo

macrumors regular

Original poster

• Apr 11, 2006

• #3

Ah thanks. I was trying to do X11 tunngling, didn't know I needed to use the X flag to get it to work. Boy do I love my Mac!!!!!

 

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Queso

Suspended

• Apr 11, 2006

• #4

dailo said:

Ah thanks. I was trying to do X11 tunngling, didn't know I needed to use the X flag to get it to work. Boy do I love my Mac!!!!!

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It's great isn't it? I used my PowerBook to pipe XServer output from some Solaris boxes I was supporting. You could see all the Windowsheads around me getting all upset because they had to go to the servers themselves to do the same thing.

Of course, they could have just installed X11 on their PCs but they wouldn't. Probably because it wasn't supported by Microsoft 😀