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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