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   Subject: Re: Manually setting a STATIC IP in WinXP Pro   
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   On 1/16/2017 8:10 AM, Ron Hardin wrote:   
   > Incidental remark: try Cygwin under XP, which puts   
   > a unix-like environment there while leaving   
   > everything else working, at least if all you want   
   > is compilers and shells.   
   >   
   > Its /dev/clipboard is enormously useful.   
   >   
   > Other machines have files under   
   > //machinename/sharepath for files you share under   
   > windows, so networks are trivial.   
   >   
      
   For reasons not relevant here I wish to avoid adding any software    
   to that machine.   
      
   *HOWEVER* saying that Cygwin would provide a unix-like    
   environment rattled my cage in a productive direction.   
      
   For another project I had done a minimal Linux install to a flash    
   drive.   
   This time I'll do a much more complete install, specifically    
   maximizing networking capabilities. I'll not have "linux-like".    
   I'll have *LINUX*!   
      
   Sometimes seeing the obvious takes a while ;/   
   Thanks all.   
      
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