Alternatives to Xming for Windows, Linux, Software as a Service (SaaS), Mac, Web and more. Filter by license to discover only free or Open Source alternatives. This list contains a total of 9 apps similar to Xming. List updated: 8/18/2020 3:45:00 PM. This tells Xming to open each remote Linux application in a new window. Select Start No Client and click Next. This tells Xming to launch and wait for commands from another program (like PuTTY). Make sure that Clipboard is selected and click Next. This tells Xming to enable your remote Linux applications to share a unified clipboard. Download a copy of the X-server and the corresponding X-fonts from the (Xming) web site, Xming. The paid 7.x version is preferable to the free 6.X version, however the 7.x version is not free. The paid 7.x version is preferable to the free 6.X version, however the 7.x version is not free. XDMCP and Xming. However, I found another cool solution - XDMCP. XDMCP is like remote desktop for linux. Xming is an XDMCP client. Once XDMCP is enabled on the remote host's display manager, one can use Xming to connect to it. Note that, via this approach, the Xming is used in a completely different mode than in X11 forwarding.
In this post, I talked about setting up X11 forwarding using Xming andSSH. Today I was looking into forwarding an entire window manager via X11, butwasn't able to.
However, I found another cool solution - XDMCP. XDMCP is like remote desktopfor linux. Xming is an XDMCP client. Once XDMCP is enabled on the remotehost's display manager, one can use Xming to connect to it. Note that,via this approach, the Xming is used in a completely different mode than inX11 forwarding. Specifically, SSH didn't play any part in XDMCP (I heard XDMCPis not a secure protocol).
Remote host setup
Ubuntu (and Xubuntu) 16.04 uses lightdm as its display manager. XDMCP isn'tenabled by default. To enabled it, edit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf and add:
Now restart lightdm service (this is for Ubuntu 16.04):
For more about Ubuntu and XDMCP, refer to xdmcp ubuntu wiki.
Client connection
In order to connect, Xming must be started from command line. Run:
Here the key part is -query <remote_host>.
-fullscreen can also be replaced with -rootless, or, to be removed (so in'single window mode') and specify screen size: -screen 0 1400 1000. Notethat in -fullscreen, alt-tab is broken, and switching in/out of Xming inthis mode is very slow. On the contrary, -rootless mode is awesome -swiching in/out Xming is fast, alt-tab works perfectly.
-keyhook is used to enable keyboard short. However, I found alt-tab to bestill problematic. Windows keys seem to work: win-e opened mouse pad onXubuntu. -nowinkill is used so Xming doesn't eat alt-F4.
Refer to Xming man page.
Experience
Initial testing seems to be pretty fast for local Hyper-V Linux machine.
I still want to investigate how to do X11 forwarding + window manager. SeeDisplay manager and window manager.
References
I can successully x11 forward entire window manager to local machine withUbuntu server. I choose Ubuntu server because it doesn't come with a desktopenvironment pre-installed so it's more tweakable.
This is inspired by this blog post.
Xming setup
Launch Xming in the single window or fullscreen mode. Multiwindow mode willcause window managers to fail to start.
Single window mode with screen size:
Fullscreen mode:
In fullscreen mode, escape with ctrl-esc.
As described in x11 forwarding, set the DISPLAY env var in localmachine terminal before SSH (or in putty UI):
Remote host (Ubuntu Server) setup
Refer to Ubuntu Server GUI wiki X11 Server Installation:
Then install the choice of window manager. E.g., fluxbox:
Then start with fluxbox.
Not all window manager work this way. Tested and worked are:
- Fluxbox, openbox
- xfwm4 - WM for xfce - works but haven't figured out any app launcher to use
- xfce4 - works, pretty, seem to run pretty smoothly (first session might beslow)
Those don't work are:
- awesome, enlightment, i3
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