<s>
Xming	B-Application
is	O
an	O
X11	B-Operating_System
display	O
server	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
including	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
and	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xming	B-Application
provides	O
the	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
display	O
server	O
,	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
traditional	O
sample	O
X	B-Operating_System
applications	O
and	O
tools	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
fonts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
support	O
of	O
several	O
languages	O
and	O
has	O
Mesa	B-Application
3D	I-Application
,	O
OpenGL	B-Application
,	O
and	O
GLX	B-Device
3D	O
graphics	O
extensions	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Xming	B-Application
X	B-Operating_System
server	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Cygwin/X	B-Application
,	O
the	O
X.Org	B-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
cross-compiled	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
with	O
the	O
MinGW	B-Application
compiler	O
suite	O
and	O
the	O
Pthreads-Win32	O
multi-threading	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xming	B-Application
runs	O
natively	O
on	O
Windows	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
need	O
any	O
third-party	O
emulation	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xming	B-Application
may	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
implementations	O
of	O
Secure	B-Protocol
Shell	I-Protocol
(	O
SSH	B-Protocol
)	O
to	O
securely	O
forward	O
X11	B-Operating_System
sessions	O
from	O
other	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
PuTTY	B-Operating_System
and	O
ssh.exe	O
,	O
and	O
comes	O
with	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
PuTTY	B-Operating_System
's	O
plink.exe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Xming	B-Application
project	O
also	O
offers	O
a	O
portable	O
version	O
of	O
PuTTY	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
SSH	B-Protocol
forwarding	O
is	O
not	O
used	O
,	O
the	O
local	O
file	O
Xn.hosts	O
must	O
be	O
updated	O
with	O
host	O
name	O
or	O
IP	O
address	O
of	O
the	O
remote	O
machine	O
where	O
the	O
GUI	O
application	O
is	O
started	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
has	O
been	O
recommended	O
by	O
authors	O
of	O
books	O
on	O
free	O
software	O
when	O
a	O
free	O
X	B-Operating_System
server	O
is	O
needed	O
,	O
and	O
described	O
as	O
simple	O
and	O
easier	O
to	O
install	O
though	O
less	O
configurable	O
than	O
other	O
popular	O
free	O
choices	O
like	O
Cygwin/X	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Purchasing	O
a	O
license	O
will	O
allow	O
the	O
user	O
access	O
to	O
new	O
downloads	O
for	O
one	O
year	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
MIT-licensed	O
releases	O
(	O
referred	O
to	O
by	O
the	O
author	O
as	O
"	O
public	O
domain	O
"	O
releases	O
)	O
can	O
still	O
be	O
downloaded	O
with	O
no	O
payment	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
.	O
</s>
