[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I was "forced to use Windows" for about 1 day at my current job. I > thought about the cygwin route and got so far as getting it > installed and running X. But then I began to realize I missing > things I needed, like perl, so I'd install perl. Then something else > was missing, so I'd install that. I spent about 6-8 hours installing > "missing" stuff. Finally I gave up, figuring I could partition this > drive and install Linux in about 20 minutes, which is what I did.
Sure, cygwin can't replace everything. I hadn't noticed that perl was missing last time I looked at it, but then I didn't spend all that much time in Windows itself. Mostly I was just ssh'ing to a Solaris box and running X applications from there. -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix ICQ 28611923 / AIM abreauj / JABBER [EMAIL PROTECTED] / YAHOO abreauj Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9 PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99 "An idealist is just a farsighted pragmatist." -Anon
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