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I've been using VcXsrv (https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/) to do the same thing for a few months. It works well

I've been using VcXsrv (https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/) to do the same thing for a few months. It works well in most cases, but it can be janky. The scaling doesn't always work well if you're using a hidpi screen, and I had one application that was crashing consistently under certain circumstances. Definitely going to try this out, but I wonder if it's worth paying for when I have a free alternative that does most of what I need it to do.

taffit 6y ago
Been using VcXsrv as well in combination with WSL2. However the clipboard stopped working randomly (but at every session). Only a complete restart of the WSL-services and X-server made it work again. This is what brought me to try X410, and I never had a problem with the clipboard there. Using it now in combination with WSL2, qtile and Terminator as terminals (I have to stick with Windows in my company).
nessunodoro 7y ago
VcXsrv is great for bridging WSL and the Windows GUI, e.g. launching an x11 image viewer from WSL bash
kingosticks 7y ago
I've been using it for literally years to access the GUIs of programs running on Linux workstations from my Windows 10 machine over our LAN. I don't think it's ever crashed for me with the 3 or 4 programs I run but it's sometimes a little slow, although I'm not convinced that's the fault of vcxsrv. I have no other problems with it, my experience with scaling has been surprisingly good. I see no reason to pay for an alternative.
- kdamica 7y ago
  My crash happened whenever I tried using a Matlab MLX file (which are similar to Jupyter notebooks in Matlab, if you aren't familiar). Since I don't use them much, this was easy to work around. Not clear to me whether the problem was Matlab or VcXsrv.
Nexxxeh 7y ago
From a value perspective, according to other comments it's permanently "on sale" is that changes the maths.

taffit 6y ago

Been using VcXsrv as well in combination with WSL2. However the clipboard stopped working randomly (but at every session). Only a complete restart of the WSL-services and X-server made it work again. This is what brought me to try X410, and I never had a problem with the clipboard there. Using it now in combination with WSL2, qtile and Terminator as terminals (I have to stick with Windows in my company).

nessunodoro 7y ago

VcXsrv is great for bridging WSL and the Windows GUI, e.g. launching an x11 image viewer from WSL bash

kingosticks 7y ago

I've been using it for literally years to access the GUIs of programs running on Linux workstations from my Windows 10 machine over our LAN. I don't think it's ever crashed for me with the 3 or 4 programs I run but it's sometimes a little slow, although I'm not convinced that's the fault of vcxsrv. I have no other problems with it, my experience with scaling has been surprisingly good. I see no reason to pay for an alternative.

kdamica 7y ago
My crash happened whenever I tried using a Matlab MLX file (which are similar to Jupyter notebooks in Matlab, if you aren't familiar). Since I don't use them much, this was easy to work around. Not clear to me whether the problem was Matlab or VcXsrv.

Nexxxeh 7y ago

From a value perspective, according to other comments it's permanently "on sale" is that changes the maths.