X11 for iPhone?

[wonderbread57]

What are the chances of getting an X11 client for the iPhone? It would be too cool to ssh into my linux box and open up an X windows program to my iPhone via it's wifi or 3G address. I'm surprised something like this doesn't exist yet at least in jail break world. Might a company like Starnet or Xming developers work on an iPhone port... might apple?

 

[arubinst]

I'm guessing you mean an X server, right? If you want to log into your linux box and run X windows programs, those programs are the clients to your X server that needs to be running on your phone.

I don't see any reason why this couldn't be implemented as there are a bunch of open source X servers out there.

Cheers

 

[forum user]

@wonderbread57: you might want to look at VNC.

 

[canadacow]

What are the chances of getting an X11 client for the iPhone? It would be too cool to ssh into my linux box and open up an X windows program to my iPhone via it's wifi or 3G address. I'm surprised something like this doesn't exist yet at least in jail break world. Might a company like Starnet or Xming developers work on an iPhone port... might apple?

iSSH 3.0 will have an X Server and window manager integrated with the iPhone UI. Expected release is anywhere from either the end of April or May.