----- Original Message ----- From: "Buchan Milne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 12:22 PM Subject: Re: [Cooker] win32 for 9.1?
> Oden Eriksson wrote: > >>Cygwin is huge, but I reckon a "Windows migration CD" wouldn't be bad. > >>Heck, I think they could have put mozilla on the MNF Cs, which would > >>have reduced problems with some versions of IE not working. > > > > > > Exactly. > > > > > >>But, I think then we would need most of what is on the GNU-Win CD. > > > > > > What's a "GNU-Win CD" ? > > http://gnuwin.epfl.ch/ Aha! Cool! > > > > > >>I would want: > >>-mingw+msys (cygwin without cygwin, ie native gcc on windows) > >>-DevC++ > >>-pwdump (samba util for dumping Windows domain sam in smbpasswd format) > >>-winmclient (client for mserver) > >>-mozilla > >>-OpenOffice.org > >>-sanetwain > >>-audacity > >>-gimp > >>-gkrellm > >>-putty > >>-wincvs > >>-tortoise cvs > >>-wxwindows > >>-CUPS win32 postscript driver > > > > > > Wow! I've been MS free for more than 2 years now..., thanks for the tip! > > Also there's these: > > My consulting almost always involves integrating linux into windows > networks .. so I need a lot of these. The list I gave is what I have on > my dual-boot win2k/Mandrake 9.0 thinkpad (except I didn't list grass, > which I have on windows too). Nice, very nice! I wonder if you (or anyone) has any experience in the windows migration kit by Jaques Gelinas? > > > > - nessus win client > > - some free vpn client (?) > > It is not better to make Mandrake VPN software work out-the-box with the > native windows client? It's easy for win2k+? I've not come that far with this yet. > > - netadmin (mysql client http://www.it-netservice.de) > > - securecrt (?) > > - total commander + plugins > > > > A lot more are here: > > http://gnuwin.epfl.ch/apps/en/index.html > > I haven't been able to get one of these ISOs yet, so I haven't started > suggesting software to them yet ... Only isos? Well..., then I have to dl it using a bigger pipe and mount it... > > > >>In short we would fill one CD very quickly. > > > > > > Yes, we would, but we would only ship good stuff that we know works and > > recommend. > > > > Take a look at that list. > > And they haven't even got apache, php, bacula-windows client etc on it yet. It's amazing! and with latest cygwin you can even run exim ;) > > > >>Maybe Mandrakesoft should consider shipping something like GnuWin2 or > >>whatever it's called in Pro-Suite? > > > > > > That was what I meant, it could be on cd8 or on the dvd and only for the > > commercial mandrake release. This would be great! I guess there are many > > more applications like these for interactions between win32 and linux. It's > > possible, mandrake is allready a cd distributor, so why not? > > > > Maybe we should ask Deno if his new on-the-fly CD-writing service for > the Club will sell something like this ... Deno? Cool.
