Say you work somewhere where all workstations run Linux, only you have Windows on your laptop, which you basically use all the time. Now as I type this, I am not sure if anyone else shares my fate. Anyway; this does not stop you from running some of the cool Linux tools. Just install <a href="http://x.cygwin.com/" target="_blank">CygwinX</a> (through the regular <a href="http://www.cygwin.com/" target="_blank">Cygwin</a> installer) and start the XServer from the start menu. Icons will appear in your taskbar and you can start an XTerm. Inside that XTerm, type:
```bash
rattle@windows.box$ ssh -Y rattle@linux.box
Password:
Last login: Thu Sep 17 12:43:19 2015 from windows.box
rattle@linux.box$ xmaple
```
and there you go!
<figure id="attachment_3473" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3473" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://blag.nullteilerfrei.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/maple.on_.windows.png"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" src="http://blag.nullteilerfrei.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/maple.on_.windows-300x188.png" alt="Maple on Windows" width="300" height="188" class="size-medium wp-image-3473" srcset="https://blag.nullteilerfrei.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/maple.on_.windows-300x188.png 300w, https://blag.nullteilerfrei.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/maple.on_.windows-1024x640.png 1024w, https://blag.nullteilerfrei.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/maple.on_.windows.png 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3473" class="wp-caption-text">Maple on Windows</figcaption></figure>
The `-Y` switch is the one that does all the magic, obviously.
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