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Red Hat Cygwin
http://www.europe.redhat.com/software/cygwin/

Red Hat Cygwin Manual
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/gnupro/GNUPro-Toolkit-03r1/gnupro_8.html

Red Hat Cygwin Support
http://www.europe.redhat.com/software/cygwin/support/

CygWin X

Cygwin X is X Windows ported onto the M$ Windoz family of operating systems. Cygwin X consists of an X Server, X libraries, and nearly all of the standard X clients, such as xterm, xhost, xdpyinfo, xclock, and xeyes.

Download and Install
Download SETUP.EXE from Cygwin X from http://x.cygwin.com/

Run SETUP.EXE and click / choose on the word 'default' to change it to 'install' for each of the components you require !
e.g.
base + install 
net + install
X11 + install

(Its a bit complicated buit you can re-run setup at any time)

Option
Edit C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\startxwin.bat and comment out xterm line
REM %RUN% xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l


Start X
Run C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\startxwin.bat and add it to your StartUp group if you like !

Start X Term
Double click on the X Term shortcut

Learn more about X Windows at http://www.x.org/XOrg_background.html

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