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Old 03-08-2007
Sooner Al [MVP]
 

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Re: UNIX X Windows display for Vista Ultimate
"Sooner Al [MVP]" <SoonerAl@somewhere.net.invalid> wrote in message
news:BB3669ED-D35D-4AEF-803C-169E90CB5314@microsoft.com...
> "kbedka" <kbedka@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1D2D3820-AD44-4CA7-87CA-CB658CAB1355@microsoft.com...
>> Does Windows Vista Ultimate have built-in functionality to display
>> graphics
>> from a remote Unix machine on a local Windows machine. In the past, I've
>> had
>> to purchase terminal emulators and do a bunch of hocus-pocus to get this
>> to
>> work properly. Any insight here would be appreciated.

>
> You might look into using VMware or Virtual PC (from MS) and run Linux in
> a virtual session. Its possible VPC may not run Linux though. Check the
> documentation...
>
> http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/
>
> I have not seen any X emulators for Vista yet, but they may exist...
>
> Good luck...
>
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> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
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Well, I guess you can run Linux with VPC...

http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy...03/566273.aspx

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