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Is it possible to port an X11 server to the iPhone?

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I'm looking for an X11 server on the iPhone to be able to use the NX protocol. There are RDP clients, Citrix clients, VNC clients, but no X11 server...

Do you think it is possible to port (or create ?) an X11 server (by example kdrive modified for Cocoa) for the iPhone? Does it have enough CPU-power or memory for that? How would you do that? Are there alternatives?

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math Avatar asked Aug 07 '09 15:08

math


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It certainly has enough CPU power and memory - X11 has been running on < 10mhz machines since it's inception. Of course, these didn't support blending, anti-aliasing, shape extensions, etc. Clocking in at 600mhz+ and a modern graphics chip, the iPhone is a smoking monster machine.

Zingersoft though provides, as Rob Napier said, an X server, so obviously must be possible :)

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groundhog Avatar answered Oct 12 '22 20:10

groundhog