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Why Xming.exe?
- From: Øyvind Harboe <oyvind dot harboe at zylin dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:29:40 +0100
- Subject: Why Xming.exe?
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Some comments on why *I* think Xming.exe might be useful:
* CygWin is difficult to deploy. There are various reasons, but the most
important is that CygWin does not support side-by-side installs.
Some users don't care about CygWin, all they want is SSH and a stable X
server and they'll be happy for years.
Another example: I have some other programs (GCC embedded toolchain)
that hasn't changed in a year or two and I don't want those destablised
by a new version of CygWin.
CygWin itself does not have any nasty dependencies that I know about.
* CygWin is always in flux. Who knows if todays version is going to
work? (If you install CygWin every 3 months or so, there are bound to be
new and improved versions).
* Download/install size is not important. If a single 20Mbyte offline
installable .exe gave me SSH + CygWin, I'd be happy. What is 200Mbytes
of harddisk space among friends these days?
* There are two many options and questions with CygWin. I imagine that
Xming.exe can come with a ~"zero questions" installer.
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Øyvind Harboe
http://www.zylin.com