Re: can I forward X packets for windows application to Linux Desktop?

[Michel Bardiaux <mbardiaux at mediaxim dot be>]

Holger Krull a écrit :
> Erik Earle schrieb:
> > I want to run an application on windows and see it remotely from
> > Linux machine.  From linux I would: "ssh -Y machine.that.goes.ping"
> >  to windows host running cygwin/X.
> >
> > Then execute something like "explorer.exe" and have the windows
> > explorer running remotely on the windows machine popup on my linux
> > desktop.
> >
> > Is this possible?
>
> Not the way you want it. Explorer.exe doesn't use X11, so you can't
> forward it. The same is true for any normal Windows program. You can
> use cygwins X11 aware programs in that way of course.

Once upon a time I read on winehq.org that they were testing running
Windows apps inside wine, with wine running under cygwin/X. A bit 
extreme but if it works it should do what the OP wants.

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