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*nix on MS Windows
HappyDude Started conversation Mar 25, 2004
is anyone else playing with cygwin, msys/mingw, GNUstep, GTK Xfree on MS windows systems 
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2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted Mar 25, 2004
*looks sinceer,
Oh yees, I have trubble getting the GTKD, and KYPD and NYPD systems to opperate with the WDC and GLC and BBC and ITV systems though 
(was the first post here in English? )
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Jakell Posted Mar 25, 2004
Seriously though, a bit of an explanation would be nice (unless the explanation needs an explanation etc. etc.)
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I'm an Opera user too and am keen on keeping my M$ usage to a minimum
Jakell
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HappyDude Posted Mar 25, 2004
cygwin & mingw are posix layers for MSWindows to enable the running of *nix(linux/bsd/etc) programmes on MS Windows machines.
X-free & the rest are ways of emulating the *nix graphical environment (i.e. the X-server).
http://www.cygwin.com
http://www.cygwin.com/xfree/
http://www.mingw.org/
and just to show what can be done
http://happy.sdf-eu.org/stuff/scrshots/
(screen shots from my PC)
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Jakell Posted Mar 25, 2004
Have just move to Windows XP after experiencing unstability on Win '98.
Am interested in checking out linux but am wary of using it on top of windows. Does the above software cause any instability in Windows?
Jakell.
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Is mise Duncan Posted Mar 25, 2004
Get partitionMagic* and split your hard drive into two partitions. Install MS Windows XP on one and Linux on the other and select the OS at bootup time.
That way they will be blissfully unaware of each other so no problems will ensue.
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HappyDude Posted Mar 25, 2004
all the above are designed to run on windows, they are not a separate operating system like linux or the BSD's so you can just uninstall them like any other window programme if you experience problems. That said I'm on XP & run without too much grief
If you are interested I strongly suggest you visit the appropriate web-site and read the documentation. I would recommend cygwin/xfree as the best place to start.
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Zak T Duck Posted Mar 25, 2004
I would be most impressed if you could compile MacOSX to run on Intel hardware, or are you planning on doing that for an encore?
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HappyDude Posted Mar 25, 2004
Croz: - http://www.opendarwin.org/en/news.php#30
"2003.11.14
The Darwin 7.0.1 cd installation has been released from Apple here. The cd boots on both ppc and ! OpenDarwin is providing a download of the image here with an md5.
Here are other sites which have the darwin 7.0.1 iso image: "
x86 architectures = Intel
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HappyDude Posted Mar 25, 2004
anyway back to my original question - is anyone else here running *nix apps on win32
http://happy.sdf-eu.org/stuff/scrshots/
all shots of *nix apps on winXP
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IMSoP - Safely transferred to the 5th (or 6th?) h2g2 login system Posted Mar 25, 2004
"quota exceeded."
methinks you have too many perty pitchers
(if you're after a hosting service that'll cope with heftier downloads than that without paying, take a look around on http://b3ta.com for their guides to [ab]using MSN Communities as a host for offsite images... 
)
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Witty Ditty Posted Mar 25, 2004
FAQ it - FAQ it hard!
*ahem* - sorry, wrong site 
http://groups.msn.com/spoonywoony/general.msnw?action=get_message&mview=1&ID_Message=14
Stay 
,
WD
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IMSoP - Safely transferred to the 5th (or 6th?) h2g2 login system Posted Mar 25, 2004
b3ta users must have found a way of accessing Jim Lynn's secret feature that alerts him whenever he's mentioned!
Now he'll see this thread and find out... he's gonna be 
...!
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Witty Ditty Posted Mar 25, 2004
Bring it on!
Defending me - I have a barrage of kittens, and a polar bear with a gun 
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Apparition™ (Mourning Empty the best uncle anyone could wish for) Posted Mar 25, 2004
The last time I ran X in cgywin I was not impressed. Has it improved much since early to mid last year?
BTW Right now I'm in the final stages of a mandrake 10 install inside virtual PC on a machine here at work
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Apparition™ (Mourning Empty the best uncle anyone could wish for) Posted Mar 25, 2004
When did you branch out into porn hosting happy?
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Zak T Duck Posted Mar 25, 2004
Yes those kittens of mass destruction are to be feared WD
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