Re: An Idea...

Jeff Bailey (jbailey@nisa.net)
Thu, 5 Nov 1998 12:41:03 -0800

> The obvious second question: why would I want this? Basically, I work in
> an organization that is very MS-centric and would like to have access to
> my preferred environment at work. Unfortunately, I have to run several
> Microsoft packages, cannot afford to reboot from linux, and can't get a
> second computer. On the other hand, if this concept could be made to work
> well, I could run Linux in a Window on my NT box and switch back and forth
> seemlessly.

Have you looked at the Cygwin project? I use it to get people familiar with
Unix commands. It uses Cygnus's newlib so *most* things as long as
they're not too hard core will compiile and cheerfully run. If you throw
an X Server on your machine, it will also act as a client to permit you
to run graphics from it.

http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/

Beta 20 is now out, so there are alot of improvements over previous
versions you may have tried.

Tks,
Jeff Bailey
jbailey@nisa.net

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