Using X Windows

When you use an X Windows emulator, your PC or Mac can run X-based applications on a remote UNIX system. For example, you can sit at home with your own computer and run a SAS package or a Mathematica program that is installed on ACS.

We support X11 for Mac OS X and X-Win 32 for Microsoft Windows.

• X11 for Mac OS X
• X-Win32 for Windows
• SAS -- printing from an X Windows session
• SAS -- free tutorials taught by the Office of Information Technology
• For help installing and configuring an X emulator, please contact the
  PCSC - pcsc@bu.edu.
• For help using SAS or other X applications that run on ACS, please contact the
  ACS Help Desk - help@acs.bu.edu.
  
  

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  Old (version 7) documentation
  The following information is necessary if you are using version 7 of X-Win32 but should be obsolete if you have upgraded to a newer version and are using the default settings.
• Using X-Win32 version 7 with a firewall
• Configuring X-Win32 to prevent external connections
• Using X-Win32 version 7 when you are not on the BU network (VPN)