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Richard Owlett wrote:
>
> On 1/16/2017 8:10 AM, Ron Hardin wrote:
> > Incidental remark: try Cygwin under XP, which puts
> > a unix-like environment there while leaving
> > everything else working, at least if all you want
> > is compilers and shells.
> >
> > Its /dev/clipboard is enormously useful.
> >
> > Other machines have files under
> > //machinename/sharepath for files you share under
> > windows, so networks are trivial.
> >
>
> For reasons not relevant here I wish to avoid adding any software
> to that machine.
>
> *HOWEVER* saying that Cygwin would provide a unix-like
> environment rattled my cage in a productive direction.
>
> For another project I had done a minimal Linux install to a flash
> drive.
> This time I'll do a much more complete install, specifically
> maximizing networking capabilities. I'll not have "linux-like".
> I'll have *LINUX*!
>
> Sometimes seeing the obvious takes a while ;/
> Thanks all.
I started with linux on a laptop and found there weren't drivers
for all the devices; using the original XP solved that, and then
adding Cygwin gave me back the linux capabilities.
In fact I don't know how anybody does anything with a bare XP
system.
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