Le 15/09/2011 10:26, Invisible a écrit :
>> An X /server/ (that is, the X terminal software)? Absolutely.
> 
> Mmm, OK.
> 
>> Sure, I could just plug in a keyboard and mouse, and use the analog
>> input of one of my displays to switch between the two; but having two
>> keyboards and two mice on the desk really sucks, KVM switches aren't
>> free (as in free beer), and being able to use the Windows task bar to
>> switch to the Linux desktop is quite handy as well.
> 
> Or you could just use VNC, which works on both platforms...

try playing xonix via VNC... it's far easier with just a X server on the
windows system.

It's just a shame that windows applications are unable to be translated
into X clients by MS. (well, they still have that "one user at a time"
approach in a lot of their code too)

> 
>> An X /client/ on Windows (that is, software running on a Windows host
>> and displaying on an X terminal)? Doesn't sound like a common use case
>> to me.
> 
> OK, fair enough.

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