[LUNA] Cygwin, a Redhat project

[Gayle Lee Fairless]

    I have installed Cygwin on my laptops.  Since it is imposing POSIX
on top of Windows 7 Ultimate, there are a few rough edges.  Gcc 4.4.2 is
installed.  GNU Pascal Compiler (built for gcc 4.3.3) had to be
installed in the 32-bit version for it to work.  The developers hope to
get the 64-bit version working this summer, perhaps.

    I got an introductory book on make to compile stuff a little more
conveniently than trying to do everything on the command line.  Well, I
also have emacs and Code:blocks and Mousepad installed.  I'm somewhat
like the carpenter who can't have too many hammers!

    I try to run an Xwindow from the consode window, but it does not
always 'take.'  I have to shut the window down and re run it with
'startx &' to get everything started just right.  I have been looking at
xfce and lxde to run the xwindow.

    Anyway there are a whole number of tips or things to do that would
make the software run better.

        Sincerely,
        (Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless
        fairless at ieee.org


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