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| Original author | Alexander Gottwald (2004–2005)[1] |
| Developers | Alexander Gottwald (?–2005)[2][3] Colin Harrison(2005 - present)[4] |
| Initial release | November 9, 2004; 21 years ago (2004-11-09) |
| Stable release | 7.7.1.9, proprietary 6.9.0.31,MIT License / November 6, 2024; 15 months ago (2024-11-06), proprietary May 4, 2007; 18 years ago (2007-05-04),MIT License |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008/7/Server 2012/8.x/10 |
| Type | Display server |
| License | Proprietary software[5] |
| Website | www |
Xming is anX11display server forMicrosoft Windows operating systems, includingWindows XP and later.[6][7][8]
Xming provides the X Window System display server, a set of traditional sample X applications and tools, as well as a set of fonts. It features support of several languages and hasMesa 3D,OpenGL, andGLX3D graphics extensions[6] capabilities.
The Xming X server is based onCygwin/X,[9] theX.Org Server. It is cross-compiled onLinux with theMinGW compiler suite and thePthreads-Win32 multi-threading library. Xming runs natively on Windows and does not need any third-party emulation software.
Xming may be used with implementations ofSecure Shell (SSH) to securely forward X11 sessions from other computers.[7] It supportsPuTTY andssh.exe, and comes with a version of PuTTY's plink.exe. The Xming project also offers a portable version of PuTTY. When SSH forwarding is not used, the local file Xn.hosts must be updated with host name or IP address of the remote machine where the GUI application is started.
The software has been recommended by authors of books on free software when a free X server is needed,[10][11] and described as simple[12] and easier to install though less configurable than other popular free choices likeCygwin/X.[13]
Since May 2007, payment must be made to download new releases.[14] Purchasing a license will allow the user access to new downloads for one year; however, MIT-licensed releases (referred to by the author as "public domain" releases) can still be downloaded with no payment onSourceForge.[15]
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