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Re: 30+ reasons why X-Win32 is Better than Cygwin/X
- From: Alexander Gottwald <alexander dot gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:16:59 +0100 (MET)
- Subject: Re: 30+ reasons why X-Win32 is Better than Cygwin/X
- References: <200503091619.22532.joseph@tidetamerboatlifts.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, Joseph Miller wrote:
Commenting the list:
30+ Reasons Why X-Win32 is Better than Cygwin/X
> # Features Cygwin/X X-Win32
> 1 3-D Hardware Acceleration for OpenGL No Yes
It is work in progress but it works for a lot of programs.
> 2 Graphical Configuration Tool No Yes
There are a lot of tools out there but they have not been integrated
into the distribution because they all depend on commercial compilers
and class libraries.
> 3 Professional Install Engine No InstallShield
> 4 Download & Installation Time 1-3 Hours 5-10 minutes
This is just plain wrong. Cygwin/X installs with the cygwin setup and this
is fast too. Xming does match these criterias as well.
> 5 Stability Medium High
Quite unclear wording. I use Cygwin/X in my daily work and this proves it's
stability. The multiwindow mode still has some issues but is very stable too.
> 6 Display Number Setting Manual Automatic
> 7 Copy & Paste Text Text & Bitmaps
> 8 Per User Preference Savings No Yes
This coresponds to the configuration tool. Any user may give different options
on the commandline. You can create shortcuts with these options and can startup
different configurations with on click.
> 9 Multiple XDMCP Sessions Manual Automatic
Not sure what they mean with it. X-Win32 does connect automaticly to all XDMCP
servers in the network? *g*
> 10 Corporate Tech Support No Yes
> 11 Corporate Bug Fix Support No Yes
This corresponds to "bucks to pay". Cygwin/X is free and you have a community
which gives support. Critical bugs are usually fixed after few days.
> 12 Passing of Display Number to SSH Client Manual Automatic
> 13 Integrated SSH Client with GUI No Yes
This is an xserver not a multi purpose tool. With OpenSSH and putty there are
two great ssh implementations available which are easy to use with Cygwin/X.
> 14 Multiple Window Mode Performance Slow Fast/Very Stable
The stability can be improved. But the performance is good.
> 15 GDI Acceleration of X Graphics Primitives No Yes
> 16 Graphical Keymap Editing Tool No Yes
Cygwin/X uses XKB. There are many tools for XKB support available which are
not limited to only one xserver implementation
> 17 Desktop Shortcut Feature No Yes
> 18 Session Organizing (by Folder) No Yes
> 19 RGB Editing Tools No Yes
Who needs it?
> 20 Session Wizard No Yes
> 21 Selection of Which Errors to Log Command-Line GUI
> 22 Error Log Presentation Text File Only GUI and Text File
> 23 Compensation for Cable Modem NATs No Yes -- IPsmart
Use SSH!
> 24 User Interface Language Support English Only 6 Languages
> 25 Size 45MB 19MB
Xming is 9MB. Additional 75dpi and 100dpi fonts are ~10MB per package
> 26 Session Specific Window Modes No Yes
> 27 Last Session Terminate Support No Yes
> 28 Pre-Configured xterms for Linux, UNIX No Yes
What's this? Cygwin/X ships an xterm and cygwin has the termcap for it.
Where is the need for configuring xterm for different unices?
> 29 Session Auto Start No Yes
> 30 Panning Support No Yes
> 31 Suport for Multiple Users (e.g. Terminal Services) No Yes
Is Cygwin/X worth it's money? Definitly yes *g*
bye
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