Also, you can quickly check the "address" of the server by clicking the system tray and hovering over the server's icon. Whenever you want to use X11 forwarding, be it on your own machine, or with Teton, the server will have to be running.
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If you would like to add instructions for alternative server installations, feel free to do so. I thus abandoned Cygwin X for the much simpler Xming (simpler in terms of installation, at least). I tried using Cygwin X, another X server program, but found the documentation and options a bit overwhelming and confusing. There are a couple of free options, but I'm going to focus on Xming (we will get to installing the program in a moment).
To get X11 working, you need some form of X server (honestly, I'm not entirely sure what an "X server" is, but using one works). It is recommended that you read through the sections below before executing any of the instructions. If you do not have an account, then you will either need to be added to an existing project, or request a new project (with permission from your PI). Many of the commands and instructions will likely work on other distributions of Linux, but I have not explicitly tested these instructions for other distributions.