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| DATE | 2004-09-04 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Re: Advocacy vs. Zealotry vs. Who Cares?!?
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> I consider CygWin to be the single app that makes Windows almost usable.
> I have very specific uses for it though, which are sshd, rsync, and BASH.
> I now BASH script most of my (client's) cares away instead of ripping my
> hair out trying to make Microsoft's products do something useful.
> Nevertheless, if you're going to run Mozilla, vim, xchat, etc., get the
> Windows ports, rather than trying to run the ones in CygWin. You'll be
> better off in the end. Beware though, GTK will become a burning source
> of irritation when you do this. GTK apps get in each other's way like
> there's no tomorrow under Windows. So long as you don't upgrade the
> apps too often, it's not so bad.
>
I was just considering using Cywin to run X apps from my workstation in the
house. I is not, lets say, perfect....
I've back to VNC
Ruben
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