X server software

Several packages are in use within the department.

• A free X server, Xming, can be obtained from http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming (this is also installed on most of our managed windows systems, and basic instructions for using it can be found here: XMing: X11 on Windows).
• XWin32 is available from ADCS for an initial cost of $25 plus $25 annual renewal.
• The MicroImages Xwindows server MI/X is available for about $25.

An X11 server for Mac OS X can be downloaded directly from Apple.

You may also want to check out VNC, another remote-access system. If you intend to use it across the internet, rather than for local use within Tate Lab, you should read directions for SSH tunnelling, as the non-encrypted version is blocked at our firewall. Here are some HOWTOs on doing this:

• putty A good ssh tunnel HOWTO using putty on windows.
• SSHSecureShellClienthttp://www.cvs.rochester.edu/people/d_logan/VNC_SSH.htm using SecureShell's SSH on windows.