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Old January 17th 17, 12:59 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Richard Owlett[_2_]
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Default Manually setting a STATIC IP in WinXP Pro

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.


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