====== X server software ======



===== Windows =====

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: [[:computing:department:windows:xming]]).
  * XWin32 is available from [[http://www.umn.edu/adcs/|ADCS]] for an initial cost of $25 plus $25 annual renewal.
  * The MicroImages Xwindows server [[http://www.microimages.com/mix/|MI/X]] is available for about $25.

===== Macintosh =====

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

===== Alternatives =====

You may also want to check out [[http://www.realvnc.com/|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 [[http://martybugs.net/smoothwall/puttyvnc.cgi|A good ssh tunnel HOWTO]] using putty on windows.
  * SSHSecureShellClient[[http://www.cvs.rochester.edu/people/d_logan/VNC_SSH.htm]] using SecureShell's SSH on windows.