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   Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 16:14:10 -0500   
   From: Ron Hardin    
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   Richard Owlett wrote:   
   >    
   > 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.   
      
   I started with linux on a laptop and found there weren't drivers   
   for all the devices; using the original XP solved that, and then   
   adding Cygwin gave me back the linux capabilities.   
      
   In fact I don't know how anybody does anything with a bare XP   
   system.   
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