Hi,
Thanks for the information. I come to realize MinGW+GnuStep setup
doesn't have a packaging system or installer like CygWin, thus there
are two choices to get applications.
1. To get applications packaged in a Win32 installer. There is only
gorm, systempreferences and calculator available, a rather barren land.
2. To compile from source. This isn't trivial. For example, gnumail
only offer source code in form of monotone checkout, so first problem
is how to get monotone running. Many other application have source
hosted on their site, and the way to get them may change. Besides it's
not sure they will successfully be compiled, not even mentioning
dependencies.
-1. Switch to cygwin. This is a dead-end at the moment.
Both seems to be much poorer choices than FreeBSD (excluding -1).
There is an additional choice that is also non-trivial: To run a
X-server on Windows and to install a virtual machine where FreeBSD
inside, and install application in FreeBSD, port to X-server in
Windows 2000.
This additional choice looks only as good as falling back to FreeBSD
and tolerate 2 devices having no driver.
Thanks for commenting so far!
Well, compiling from source *should* be trivial. Any decently maintained
application has tarball releases, often also nightly or beta tarballs.
I compile and install stuff that way. Compiling Ink, FTP, PRICE,
LaternaMagica, Gorm, ProjectCenter, Graphos is a matter of make && make
install. GWorkspace needs some configuration tweaks I remener (all
within the configure realm) and in any case it is not so suited for
windows, although the latest versions do run now.
Riccardo
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