Xming 7.7.0.9 (x86 & x64 Released 5 Jul 2016)
- Update Freetype2 and Plink from their project git repositories, and the xserver, libXfont, Mesa and xkeyboard-config from X.Org git.
- Revert an old patch in winmultiwindowwindow.c that caused a problem with the Composite extension.
- Bring Xming's -resize into step with the latest xserver/hw/xwin -resize options i.e. resize options have changed but not overall functionality (thanks to Jon Turney).
- Resize, using the RANDR extension, is now the default (noting that -fullscreen mode does not resize). See the Xming Manual for a description of all options.
- Update the OpenGL extension headers and specifications from the canonical OpenGL Registry for use in the X server build (Khronos SVN at revision 32963).
- Xming 7.7.0.8 (Released 3 Jun 2016).
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.7.0.9 (x86 & x64 Released 4 Jul 2016)
- Build from PuTTY project git master at SHA f56dd17.
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.7.0.8 (Released 31 May 2016).
Xming 7.7.0.8 (x86 & x64 Released 3 Jun 2016)
- Update FreeType2 and Plink from their project git repositories, and the xserver, libxcb, libXfont, libxtrans, Mesa, mkfontscale and xkeyboard-config from X.Org git.
- As the Xming X server does not use the SmartScheduler don't include any of its code in the dispatch loop. Also X.Org have recently 'confused' the Dispatch() logic for systems that don't support setitimer().
- Code review and minor changes to XDMCP mode in the X server.
- Cherry-pick a fix for a recent X.Org bug that was affecting remote GNOME sessions and other things! (now in X.Org git)
- Update the OpenGL extension headers and specifications from the canonical OpenGL Registry for use in the X server build (Khronos SVN at revision 32873).
- Xming 7.7.0.7 (Released 29 Apr 2016).
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.7.0.8 (x86 & x64 Released 31 May 2016)
- Build from PuTTY project git master at SHA 5da8ec5.
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.7.0.7 (Released 29 Apr 2016).
Xming 7.7.0.7 (x86 & x64 Released 29 Apr 2016)
- Update FreeType2, Plink and Pthreads-Win32 from their project git repositories, and the xserver, Mesa and xkeyboard-config from X.Org git.
- Add new libraries libxcb-composite-0.dll, libxcb-ewmh-2.dll, libxcb-image-0.dll, libxcb-shm-0.dll and libxcb-util-1.dll to the installers.
- Review and incorporate changes from Jon Turney (now in X.Org git master)...
- hw/xwin: xcbify code for converting X11 icon to Win32 icon.
- hw/xwin: In -multiwindow mode, do window minimization entirely in the WM.
- hw/xwin: xcbify internal window manager.
- Various tweaks, bug-fixes and improvements, to -multiwindow mode, following the above changes.
- Fix a regression in scroll movement speed (and other speed decreases!) in release 7.7.0.6 caused by X.Org changes in xserver/os.
- Remove redundant code for Windows versions < XP testing in winmultiwindowicons.c.
- Update the OpenGL extension headers and specifications from the canonical OpenGL Registry for use in the X server build (Khronos SVN at revision 32751).
- Build the installers using Inno Setup at release 5.5.9-unicode. This release has better protection, for installers, against potential DLL preloading attacks.
- Xming 7.7.0.6 (Released 1 Apr 2016).
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.7.0.7 (x86 & x64 Released 29 Apr 2016)
- Build from PuTTY project git master at SHA adc8ae2.
- Another correction to options usage() help in Plink.
- Build the installers using Inno Setup at release 5.5.9-unicode. This release has better protection, for installers, against potential DLL preloading attacks.
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.7.0.6 (Released 1 Apr 2016).
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.7.0.6 (x86 & x64 Released 1 Apr 2016)
- Build from PuTTY project git master at SHA 7f3c956.
- Correct some options usage() help in Plink.
- Use MessageBox(), not stderr to the console, for the new askhk() function in wincons.c.
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.7.0.5 (Released 6 Mar 2016).
Xming 7.7.0.6 (x86 & x64 Released 1 Apr 2016)
- Update FreeType2, Plink and Pthreads-Win32 from their project git repositories, and the xserver, glxinfo, libX11, libXext and Mesa from X.Org git.
- Fix a crash in reloading -multiwindow mode icons when not in -multiwindow mode (thanks to Jon Turney).
- Fix a typo in "Remove Shadow DirectDraw engine" from 7.5.0.91 (spotted by Jon Turney). This caused disruptive depth changes to be improperly handled.
- libXcomposite-1.dll was not always being installed by the Xming installers (i.e. when 'Tools and clients' were deselected).
- Remove the -silent-dup-error option. Part of a package of changes I've reviewed for Jon Turney.
- Xming 7.7.0.4 (Released 23 Feb 2016). Note: there was no release 7.7.0.5 for the Xming installers.
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.7.0.5 (x86 & x64 Released 6 Mar 2016)
- Build from PuTTY project git master at SHA 8e41e0a. Includes a fix for CVE-2016-2563 (this vulnerability only affected PSCP and can be worked around using the -sftp option with previous versions).
- Use assembly/application manifests that are consistent with the rest of Project Xming for PuTTY, Plink, Pageant and PuTTYgen. Note: PuTTY, PSFTP, Pageant and PuTTYgen have separate VisualElementsManifest XML files to provide customisable Start screen tiles for Windows 8 onwards.
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.7.0.4 (Released 8 Feb 2016).
Xming 7.7.0.4 (x86 & x64 Released 23 Feb 2016)
- Update FreeType2, Plink and Pthreads-Win32 from their project git repositories, and the xserver, libX11, libxcb, Mesa, xkeyboard-config and xrandr from X.Org git.
- Various clipboard changes from Jon Turney. Implement >256K X -> Windows clipboard pastes using the INCR protocol. Report >16MB Windows -> X clipboard pastes as not yet supported. Always prefer UTF8_STRING to COMPOUND_TEXT clipboard encoding.
- Ignore the obsolete, undocumented -internalwm option.
- Don't hardwire Tahoma in the X server dialogs, instead use pseudo font MS Shell Dlg 2. This makes no difference with default Windows and is changed for Project Xming consistency.
- Remove unhelpful debug about WM message queue size (thanks to Jon Turney).
- Tidy and quieten the winGetInfo() -wgl patches.
- Update the OpenGL extension headers and specifications from the canonical OpenGL Registry for use in the X server build (Khronos SVN at revision 32435).
- Build the installers using Inno Setup at release 5.5.8-unicode.
- Xming 7.7.0.3 (Released 12 Jan 2016).
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.7.0.4 (x86 & x64 Released 8 Feb 2016)
- Build from PuTTY project git master at SHA c026b48.
- Use MS Shell Dlg 2, instead of MS Shell Dlg, pseudo fonts. With default Windows: PuTTY will typically now use Tahoma instead of Microsoft Sans Serif (which I think looks horrible on modern screens).
- Don't use the 'fussy' WS_EX_STATICEDGE style for the About and Licence dialogs.
- Build the installers using Inno Setup at release 5.5.8-unicode.
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.7.0.3 (Released 11 Jan 2016).
Xming 7.7.0.3 (x86 & x64 Released 12 Jan 2016)
- Update FreeType2 and Plink from their project git repositories, and the xserver, libX11, libXaw, libxcb, libXfont, libxkbfile, Mesa, pixman, xkbcomp and xkeyboard-config from X.Org git.
- Fix a possible race condition leading to a memory leak when using indirect rendering (thanks to Guilherme Quentel Melo).
- Build the installers using Inno Setup at release 5.5.7-unicode.
- Xming 7.7.0.2 (Released 16 Nov 2015).
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.7.0.3 (x86 & x64 Released 11 Jan 2016)
- Build from PuTTY project git master at SHA 51465fa.
- Build the installers using Inno Setup at release 5.5.7-unicode.
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.7.0.2 (Released 22 Nov 2015).
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.7.0.2 (x86 & x64 Released 22 Nov 2015)
- Build from PuTTY project git master at SHA c4f963e.
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.7.0.1 (Released 10 Nov 2015).
Xming 7.7.0.2 (x86 & x64 Released 16 Nov 2015)
- Update FreeType2 and Plink from their project git repositories, and the xserver, libSM, libXfont, libXi, Mesa, pixman, xkbcomp and xrandr from X.Org git.
- Re-sync the latest patch to xkbcomp from bugzilla 57242 (now in X.Org git master).
- Replace four instances of strcpy() with their strncpy() equivalent in Xmon code.
- Update the OpenGL extension headers and specifications from the canonical OpenGL Registry for use in the X server build (Khronos SVN at revision 32167).
- Xming 7.5.0.98 (Released 3 Oct 2015).
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.7.0.1 (x86 & x64 Released 10 Nov 2015)
- Build from PuTTY project git master at SHA a454399. Includes a fix for CVE-2015-5309.
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.99 (Released 4 Oct 2015).
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.99 (x86 & x64 Released 4 Oct 2015)
- This is the same as 7.5.0.98 except Pageant has a necessary fix (pageant.exe is the only file updated).
- Fix a latent double free corruption in Pageant which revealed itself, sometimes, when EndDialog() returned nResult 0 from PassphraseProc() i.e. as a crash on 'Cancel' of the 'Pageant: Enter Passphrase' dialog.
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.98 (Released 30 Sep 2015).
Xming 7.5.0.98 (x86 & x64 Released 3 Oct 2015)
- Update FreeType2 and Plink from their project git repositories, and the xserver, libfontenc, libX11, libxcb, Mesa, pixman, twm, xkeyboard-config and xprop from X.Org git.
- Revert and reapply latest patch from bugzilla 31501 (used from 7.5.0.31).
- Revert the experimental option -smartSched introduced in release 7.5.0.26 (it needs reworking following code changes and does not really help performance).
- File 'inet' lacked two symbol table terminating semicolons following recent xkeyboard-config changes (now corrected in git master).
- Review and tidy some Plink patches for the x64 build.
- Xming 7.5.0.97 (Released 31 Aug 2015).
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.98 (x86 & x64 Released 30 Sep 2015)
- Build from PuTTY project git master at SHA df006f3.
- Review and tidy some patches for the x64 build.
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.97 (Released 25 Aug 2015).
Xming 7.5.0.97 (x86 & x64 Released 31 Aug 2015)
- Update FreeType2 and Plink from their project git repositories, and the xserver, libxcb and Mesa from X.Org git.
- Supply libXcomposite-1.dll in the Xming installers and re-enable the Composite extension in the X server.
- Add an experimental -compositewm option for -multiwindow mode (thanks to Jon Turney). Composite extension redirection maintains a bitmap image of each top-level X window and so window contents which are occluded show correctly in Taskbar and Task Switcher (Alt+Tab) previews.
- In -multiwindow mode: apply the _NET_WM_STATE_SKIP_TASKBAR hint state to _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK windows (thanks to Jon Turney).
- Tidy some of the -multiwindow mode and engine functions code.
- Fix various minor bugs and typos.
- Update the OpenGL extension headers and specifications from the canonical OpenGL Registry for use in the X server build (Khronos SVN at revision 31867).
- Xming 7.5.0.96 (Released 10 Aug 2015).
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.97 (x86 & x64 Released 25 Aug 2015)
- Build from PuTTY project git master at SHA afe2c35.
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.96 (Released 4 Aug 2015).
Xming 7.5.0.96 (x86 & x64 Released 10 Aug 2015)
- Update FreeType2, Plink and Pthreads-Win32 from their project git repositories, and the xserver, glxinfo, libICE, libX11, libXfont, Mesa, pixman, twm and xkbcomp from X.Org git.
- Consolidate XInitThreads/XSupportsLocale() in a single place and log locale when it's not supported by X (thanks to Jon Turney). Includes an XSupportsLocale() fallback that fixed a problem one user was having with the clipboard and locale 'Spanish_Spain.1252'.
- Update the OpenGL extension headers and specifications from the canonical OpenGL Registry for use in the X server build (Khronos SVN at revision 31790).
- Build the installers using Inno Setup at release 5.5.6-unicode.
- Xming 7.5.0.95 (Released 10 Jul 2015).
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.96 (x86 & x64 Released 4 Aug 2015)
- Build from PuTTY project git master at SHA 9a08d9a.
- Build the installers using Inno Setup at release 5.5.6-unicode.
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.95 (Released 10 Jul 2015).
Xming 7.5.0.95 (x86 & x64 Released 10 Jul 2015)
- Update Plink and FreeType2 from their project git repositories, and the xserver, libX11, libxcb, Mesa, pixman and xrandr from X.Org git.
- In -multiwindow mode, always look up the HWND for the parent window of a WM_TRANSIENT_FOR window, instead of only testing the foreground window to see if it is a XID match (thanks to Jon Turney).
- Only apply MAXIMIZE or MINIMIZE styles from Xmingrc when mapping the window, otherwise the window may not be able to leave those states (thanks to Jon Turney).
- Xming 7.5.0.93 (Released 8 Jun 2015). Note: there was no release 7.5.0.94 for the Xming installers.
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.95 (x86 & x64 Released 10 Jul 2015)
- Build from PuTTY project git master at SHA 9e20c81. Includes a fix for the recently added ChaCha20-Poly1305 cipher & MAC.
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.94 (Released 23 Jun 2015).
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.94 (x86 & x64 Released 23 Jun 2015)
- Build from PuTTY project git master at SHA 0bd014e. Includes a recent Vista/Aero specific bug fix, for the configuration dialog, from Simon Tatham.
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.93 (Released 1 Jun 2015).
Xming 7.5.0.93 (x86 & x64 Released 8 Jun 2015)
- Update Plink and FreeType2 from their project git repositories, and the xserver, editres, glxinfo, libX11, libxcb, Mesa, pixman, xclock, xhost, xkeyboard-config, xkill and xset from X.Org git.
- Fix some memory leaks in xprop.
- No longer detect Windows 10 release version NT 6.4 (it is now just NT 10.0).
- Update the OpenGL extension headers and specifications from the canonical OpenGL Registry for use in the X server build (Khronos SVN at revision 31195).
- Xming 7.5.0.92 (Released 26 Apr 2015).
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.93 (x86 & x64 Released 1 Jun 2015)
- Build from PuTTY project git master at SHA 3ce4594. Includes support for ECDH key exchange using ED25519 public keys.
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.92 (Released 21 Apr 2015).
Xming-fonts 7.5.0.93 (Public domain release 24 May 2015)
- Update to DejaVue fonts release 2.35.
- Build the installer using Inno Setup at release 5.5.5-unicode.
- Xming-fonts 7.5.0.70 (Public domain release 30 Aug 2013).
Xming 7.5.0.92 (x86 & x64 Released 26 Apr 2015)
- Update Plink and FreeType2 from their project git repositories, and the xserver, libX11, libXt, Mesa, xkeyboard-config and xrandr from X.Org git.
- Incorporate some keyboard layout updates from Jon Turney. They include generic handling of Macintosh keyboard layouts.
- Update the OpenGL extension headers and specifications from the canonical OpenGL Registry for use in the X server build (Khronos SVN at revision 30889).
- Xming 7.5.0.91 (Released 4 Apr 2015).
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.92 (x86 & x64 Released 21 Apr 2015)
- Build from PuTTY project git master at SHA 9fec2e7. Includes a fix that Simon rated as 'a dangerous cross-thread memory access'.
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.91 (Released 23 Mar 2015).
Xming 7.5.0.91 (x86 & x64 Released 4 Apr 2015)
- Update Plink and FreeType2 from their project git repositories, and the xserver, libX11, libxcb, libXfont, libXi, libXrandr, Mesa, pixman, xdpyinfo and xrandr from X.Org git. Includes fixes for CVE-2015-1802...1804.
- The RANDR change in 7.5.0.90 was not quite correct (thanks to Jon Turney).
- Windows 10 has jumped preview branding from version 6.4 to 10.0: so detect both, for the Xming log.
- Update the OpenGL extension headers and specifications from the canonical OpenGL Registry for use in the X server build (Khronos SVN at revision 30426).
- Xming 7.5.0.90 (Released 14 Feb 2015).
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.91 (x86 & x64 Released 23 Mar 2015)
- Build from PuTTY project git master at SHA 2422b18.
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.90 (Released 9 Feb 2015).
Xming 7.5.0.90 (x86 & x64 Released 14 Feb 2015)
- Update Plink and FreeType2 from their project git repositories, and the xserver, glxinfo, libX11, libXt, Mesa, twm and xkeyboard-config from X.Org git. Includes the fix for CVE-2015-0255.
- Ensure the RANDR extension reports the primary monitor as a workaround for GNOME doesn't start without monitor connected (thanks to Jon Turney) + gnome-session 3.8+ is useless without its new --disable-acceleration-check option being available/applied remotely (Please help: I need some factual reports on usage with recent gdm builds).
- In XLaunch: only warn against use of xserver option -ac when using the wizard interactively.
- Update the OpenGL extension headers and specifications from the canonical OpenGL Registry for use in the X server build (Khronos SVN at revision 29769).
- Update bison to release 3.0.4 in the build toolchain.
- Xming 7.5.0.89 (Released 24 Jan 2015).
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.90 (x86 & x64 Released 9 Feb 2015)
- Build from PuTTY project git master at SHA a87a14a.
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.89 (Released 1 Jan 2015).
Xming 7.5.0.89 (x86 & x64 Released 24 Jan 2015)
- Update Plink and FreeType2 from their project git repositories, and the xserver, bitmap, ico, libfontenc, libXdmcp, Mesa, xauth, xkeyboard-config, xsetroot and xwininfo from X.Org git. Includes fixes for CVE-2014-8091..8103.
- Use Jon Turney's format specifier fix for vpnprinf(), in xserver/os/log.c, instead of my workaround patch used from 7.5.0.84 (Jon's fix is pending X.Org approval).
- Correct the Windows title of the 'Enter Credentials' dialog in Plink.
- Update the OpenGL extension headers and specifications from the canonical OpenGL Registry for use in the X server build (Khronos SVN at revision 29564).
- Update bison to release 3.0.3 in the build toolchain.
- Xming 7.5.0.88 (Released 29 Nov 2014).
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.89 (x86 & x64 Released 1 Jan 2015)
- Build from PuTTY project git master at SHA 2320877.
- Correct the Windows title of the 'Enter Credentials' dialog in Plink.
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.88 (Released 26 Nov 2014).
Older releases 7
Table of contents
- Xming 7.7.0.9 (Released 5 Jul 2016)
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.7.0.9 (Released 4 Jul 2016)
- Xming 7.7.0.8 (Released 3 Jun 2016)
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.7.0.8 (Released 31 May 2016)
- Xming 7.7.0.7 (Released 29 Apr 2016)
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.7.0.7 (Released 29 Apr 2016)
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.7.0.6 (Released 1 Apr 2016)
- Xming 7.7.0.6 (Released 1 Apr 2016)
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.7.0.5 (Released 6 Mar 2016)
- Xming 7.7.0.4 (Released 23 Feb 2016)
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.7.0.4 (Released 8 Feb 2016)
- Xming 7.7.0.3 (Released 12 Jan 2016)
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.7.0.3 (Released 11 Jan 2016)
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.7.0.2 (Released 22 Nov 2015)
- Xming 7.7.0.2 (Released 16 Nov 2015)
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.7.0.1 (Released 10 Nov 2015)
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.99 (Released 4 Oct 2015)
- Xming 7.5.0.98 (Released 3 Oct 2015)
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.98 (Released 30 Sep 2015)
- Xming 7.5.0.97 (Released 31 Aug 2015)
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.97 (Released 25 Aug 2015)
- Xming 7.5.0.96 (Released 10 Aug 2015)
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.96 (Released 4 Aug 2015)
- Xming 7.5.0.95 (Released 10 Jul 2015)
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.95 (Released 10 Jul 2015)
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.94 (Released 23 Jun 2015)
- Xming 7.5.0.93 (Released 8 Jun 2015)
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.93 (Released 1 Jun 2015)
- Xming-fonts 7.5.0.93 (Public domain release 24 May 2015)
- Xming 7.5.0.92 (Released 26 Apr 2015)
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.92 (Released 21 Apr 2015)
- Xming 7.5.0.91 (Released 4 Apr 2015)
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.91 (Released 23 Mar 2015)
- Xming 7.5.0.90 (Released 14 Feb 2015)
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.90 (Released 9 Feb 2015)
- Xming 7.5.0.89 (Released 24 Jan 2015)
- Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.89 (Released 1 Jan 2015)
- Older releases 7
The Xming website, documentation and images are licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.
Copyright © 2005-2024 Colin Harrison All Rights Reserved