[wellylug] Fluxbox on Windows

David Antliff dave.antliff at paradise.net.nz
Wed Nov 10 16:49:55 NZDT 2004


On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 jfouhy at paradise.net.nz wrote:
> Quoting David Antliff <dave.antliff at paradise.net.nz>:
>
>> I could call myself a "fluxbox user"... but I used to use Fluxbox compiled
>> under Cygwin on Windows2000 - so that's not sufficient.
>
> How did you find that?  I use Cygwin's bash shell and it's great, but I've been
> a bit reluctant to try X-cygwin, since the docs don't suggest it's ultra-stable.

It was "ok" - it was a while ago now, but it essentially worked. The 
Cygwin X server was stable AFAICR. I used it for months so it must have 
been fine. I recall I used a dedicated root window rather than 
multi-windows. I'm afraid I can't remember much of the details - I was 
glad to get rid of it for "real" Linux when the time came (i.e. I'd been 
there long enough to feel confident enough to blatantly break policy 
imposed by San Jose Head Office and toast Windows in favour of Linux).

I've survived quite well as a Linux user in a Windows environment for over 
a year now. I have the use of rdesktop + Windows Terminal Services if 
things get desperate. Recent advances to Evolution + Connector have made 
email a breeze. But if I ever have to go back to Windows, I'll definitely 
make use of Cygwin (or whatever else is similar then) again.

-- 
David.




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