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> On 3 Jun 2001, andre wrote:
> > > Name : cygwin-xfree86 Relocations: (not relocateable)
> > > Summary : Cygwin/XFree86 X server for Windows
> > > Description :
> > > Cygwin/XFree86 is an X server for Windows. It enables you to open up a
> > > graphical login session to your Linux-Mandrake box.
> > > Cygwin/XFree86 is significantly slower than running a 'native' Linux X
> > > server. It is suitable for occasional or experimental use, but not for
> > > serious work.
> > > This package provides a Windows ZIP file, shared via Samba, that Windows
> > > clients can grab and install easily, without having to install Cygwin
> > > separately. Do NOT install this package if you already use Cygwin on your
> > > Windows boxes; it is likely that this package will overwrite some of your
> > > files (since Windows doesn't have a proper package management tool :-)
> > > The Samba share "public" will be created if it does not already exist.
> > I have the sneaking suspicion that this will be shotdown. Besides
> > wouldn't the java X server be better. You can than claim it's for linux
> > *cough*. Works on any machine with a good jvm... That would mean windows
> > and *nix :) Oh well
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> This package is designed to help spread the use of Linux(-Mandrake). The
> idea is that when you have a Mandrake machine on a fast network (e.g.
> University) then you can let your Windows-using friends try out Mandrake
> without forcing them to install a complete new operating system on their
> boxes. Another possible situation is a Mandrake box being used as a
> file/proxy/etc server in a company network with Windows workstations -
> this package enables adventurous users to try out Linux.
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> It's a package I've put together because I need it, and I'll be keeping it
> in my own private RPM repository anyway (along with other gems like my
> StarOffice RPM that eliminates the tedious, per-user GUI installation
> procedure). Someone else might also find it useful, hence I contributed
> it - isn't that what Contribs is for? I've already had 4/5 people asking
> me directly for a copy after I announced it on another mailing list, so I
> suspect the demand for this package may be non-zero.
>
> It doesn't bother me if it gets "shotdown" and doesn't end up in Contribs
> - just means one more package that stays in my "private" urpmi database.
>
> Michael
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It�s not that i don�t find it usefull. I do, but i don�t think they(MS) will
go for it. They have some windows issues. But if you are packing why not
also line. Than you don�t even have to run the program on an other computer.
Did you made the zipfile yourself or did you find it somewhere. In that
i�m interested. cos i want the zipfile
