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Homepage: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x11.html (external link)

Installing X.org from ports on FreeBSD

cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg
make install

But - this takes up a LOT of space and takes forever to compile - so you might want to consider installing this particular package from — packages!
pkg_add -r xorg


Commands for cygwin

Starting a xterm, simple do this

startx


How to configure the basics

Xorg -configure


Whitelist your server IP (X client)

(so it is allowed to connect to your local X server)
xhost server_host_ip


How to start X "standalone"

XWin.exe -screen 0 800 600 -emulate3buttons
XWin.exe -screen 0 800 600 -fullscreen -depth 32 -refresh 85 -emulate3buttons 100 -nowinkill -unixkill


Login to a host enabling X forwarding

ssh -Y -l user server_host_ip


Commands for X in general

Start XDM - to enable X windows daemon on server side

xdm

...tough one ;)

Use this when logged in via ssh to server_host_ip as per above section

(client_host_ip being the PC you're at right now)
export DISPLAY client_host_ip:0.0


Then start X to your liking
xterm


GNOME specific

gnome-session


KDE specific

Edit file ~/.xinitrc to contain
exec startkde

Then start X by doing
startx

...or so I think ;)

http://cygwin.com (external link)
http://x.cygwin.com (external link)
http://winehq.com (external link)
http://www.pexus.com (external link) - free X server for Win32
http://unix.ittoolbox.com (external link) - lots of nice tutorials

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