Microsoft Windows with the X Windows System

Microsoft Windows users may also require an X Windows display server for running applications with a graphical user interface. We recommend Xming-mesa. This application is used along with PuTTY (see below section).
To use Xming, first start up Xming as follows:
Start -> Programs -> Xming -> Xlaunch
Accept the default settings.
Now, to access a server, connect to the server using PuTTY. Most of the default PuTTY settings are ok except you must check the box "Enable X11 forwarding" under the X11 configuration category. PuTTY will prompt you for your username and password. Start the desired X-Windows application in the resulting terminal window.


OS X with the X Windows System
For the X Windows system, use the X11 application which comes with OS X. It may need to be separately installed from the operating system or downloaded from the Apple website. It will be in the Utilities folder which is in the Applications folder. Open X11, then from the "Applications" menu, choose "Terminal". In the terminal window that presents, enter the following replacing hostname as required (remember the -X!):
ssh -X hostaddress


Microsoft Windows with ssh
Microsoft Windows does not come with an ssh client program. Therefore, we recommend that you download and install PuTTY (terminal program) and WinSCP (file transfer program).