Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo at mch dot one dot pl> wrote:
I couldn't find it on Google and I feel it's a different thing than
running Linux X applications (like xterm etc.), which is done by Cygwin/X.
Is it possible to "display" Windows program on Linux via ssh / X?
What I mean, normally we do something like that:
windows_cygwin$ ssh -l user linuxbox -X
linuxbox$ xterm
and we start xterm on Linux, but it is displayed by a Windows X server.
I want to do something in an opposite direction: start Windows apps on
Linux display:
Well, if the target host is a dual boot Windows + Linux box, it is
possible using ssh -X together with wine.
I just did that from WindowsME into another Windows box running Linux at
the time. I used Cygwin (weel, this mailing list is about Cygwin, isn't it?)
From Windows prompt:
bash
startx
ssh -x target_host
cd /wherever_your_C_disk_is/windows
wine freecel.exe
A nice screenshot of remotely run Freecell is here:
http://www.iopan.gda.pl/~piskozub/freecell-from-Linux-thru-cygwin-and-X-on-WinME.jpg
Of course I could start from Linux but that would have nothing to do
with this mailinig list, would it?
Regards,
Jacek
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