[Freeciv] Re: X servers and your FAQ

[Stephen Hodge <stephenh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

David Chan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for a great game!
> 
> In your FAQ you suggest using freeciv under Windows using an X server.
> Instead of recommending non-free X servers, you can suggest a thing called
> "vnc".  It's very reliable, has the advantage of being GPL'd and can also
> work on macs and on any platform with a java web browser.  It's no harder
> to use than a Windows X server.

VNC (I use it at work) replicates a desktop evironment (Windows or X) in
a window on another machine (like PCAnywhere and other products do). It
will not replace an X server (although you could use an X client running
on a Unix machine from a Windows machine with VNC). For that matter it's
a capability that X already has.

Regards,
Steve Hodge