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I'm trying to install Xming on Windows. How do I determine if I need Xming or Xming-mesa? Both are listed at http://www.straightrunning.com/xmingnotes/.

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  • Which client do you want to use? Both to the same identical thing.. Both are the same client, one uses X Windows the other OpenGL, this is a personal choice, pick the one you want to use.
    – Ramhound
    May 25, 2015 at 6:06
  • Just so you understand the reason I didn't find this question helpful. You are seeking our opinion on which version of the client you should use.
    – Ramhound
    May 25, 2015 at 6:13
  • I'm using putty. Does that narrow down my choice? Could you explain what the difference is?
    – Tosh
    May 25, 2015 at 19:19
  • I already did. Both versions use putty. Your choice is a cosmetic one.
    – Ramhound
    May 25, 2015 at 19:24
  • Because I'm SSHing into a Linux box, does it not depend on the Linux machine I'm SSHing into?
    – Tosh
    May 25, 2015 at 19:27

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Clients using X drawing calls alone will work with either server, while clients using OpenGL drawing calls need a server with X extensions for OpenGL. That extension used to be provided by the special Xming-mesa version.

On the page you linked, you no longer even have a choice:

OpenGL support is now provided by all Xming installers (Xming used to have separate builds and installers; with and without Mesa).

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    The download links point to different files though. Would you have any suggestions on what to read to understand this better? What you said doesn't register much, due to my lack of background knowledge.
    – Tosh
    May 26, 2015 at 7:07
  • @Tosh: Are you looking at the 8 year old downloads, which are an entire major version out of date? The "now" in the above quote likely means "For version 7.x and later".
    – Ben Voigt
    May 26, 2015 at 14:22
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    I see. It looks like a donation is required for version 7.x though.
    – Tosh
    May 29, 2015 at 15:54
  • The author of that website appears totally clueless about his GPL obligations. Anyway, there are many free X servers available for windows, I usually use the cygwin/X ones myself.
    – Ben Voigt
    May 29, 2015 at 15:58
  • @BenVoigt I don't know much about Xming but it seems to be mostly one man show, so he can relicense later versions to anything he wants. He's the owner of the new code. Now, if the old code base was infected by other contributers, that's another thing...
    – syockit
    Sep 27, 2018 at 1:19

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