What is the best Vista compliant X11 program: I need it to access a Linux box where they share a common ARRIS Cable modem...

What is the best (open source, free) Vista X11 program for the task:
I need it to access a Linux box where they share a common ARRIS Cable
modem...

I really don't want to be bothered by using the keyboard & mouse I bought
with the unit -- that is what X11 is for!

On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:36:29 -0800, Max Power wrote:

> What is the best (open source, free) Vista X11 program for the task: I
> need it to access a Linux box where they share a common ARRIS Cable
> modem...
>
> I really don't want to be bothered by using the keyboard & mouse I
> bought with the unit -- that is what X11 is for!

It's not been updated for some time (at least when I last checked) by
Kenton Lee's X/Motif page used to give a pretty comprehensive list of
what was available. Suggest you start there and try some of the ones
listed. I was always partial to xmgr - because it allowed several
concurrent sessions - they used to have an eval that never seemed to
expire.

pendrivelinux.com also has a setup for installing a linux inside an
emulator on your MS computer (several articles and resources).

Max Power wrote:

> What is the best (open source, free) Vista X11 program for the task:
> I need it to access a Linux box where they share a common ARRIS Cable
> modem...
>
What about putty and xming?
Of course I don't know if xming is vista-compatible ...

> I really don't want to be bothered by using the keyboard & mouse I bought
> with the unit -- that is what X11 is for!

Hmm, a cheap kvm switch maybe?
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vista policy violation: Microsoft optical mouse found penguin patterns
on mousepad. Partition scan in progress to remove offending
incompatible products. Reactivate MS software.
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"Ivan Levashew" <> wrote in message
news:g17o1q$etm$...
: Max Power wrote:
: > What is the best (open source, free) Vista X11 program for the task:
: > I need it to access a Linux box where they share a common ARRIS Cable
: > modem...
: >
: > I really don't want to be bothered by using the keyboard & mouse I
: > bought with the unit -- that is what X11 is for!
:
: BTW, a bit another problem. Which X11 is able to seamlessly handle
: keyboard layouts? So that Keyboard switching is maid via CtrlShift or
: AltShift depending on system settings, and X11 keyboard layout is
: coherent with Windows keyboard layout (!).

Doesn't PuTTY do the job?

On Sat, 24 May 2008 07:48:39 +0700, Ivan Levashew wrote:

> Max Power wrote:
>> What is the best (open source, free) Vista X11 program for the task: I
>> need it to access a Linux box where they share a common ARRIS Cable
>> modem...
>>
>> I really don't want to be bothered by using the keyboard & mouse I
>> bought with the unit -- that is what X11 is for!
>
> BTW, a bit another problem. Which X11 is able to seamlessly handle
> keyboard layouts? So that Keyboard switching is maid via CtrlShift or
> AltShift depending on system settings, and X11 keyboard layout is
> coherent with Windows keyboard layout (!).

Have you looked at Cygwin ? I really like it, I currently use it as a SSH
and X11 server from my Windows Server 2003 box. SSH is much more secure
than Telnet, and it lets you mount drives as SFTP which is pritty cool as
well.

Regards j1mb0jay