A bit of a newbie question here, but.... Are there limits to what applications you can run in the XFree86 environment? If I installed this environment, would I still be able to use all of my Windows-based programs still? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Even though my company (for now) demands Visual C++ executables, > I am able to use cygwin for it's make, and virtualize directories > using it's mount command. Also, the shell scripts that run my > java are WORA, now that I've hacked my cygwin to translate the > CLASSPATH, JAVA_HOME, etc, etc variables for me. ;) > > I am beside myself with bliss. > > On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 02:49:08PM -0400, Chris Mason wrote: > > I am a big user of Linux for servers and Win2K for my > > workstations, and I am facinated with cygwin. Current, I have > > installed it with Xfree86 so that I can forward X11 over SSH > > with Secure CRT and run KDE from my servers onmy Windows > > desktop. That in itself is amazing and worth the time involved, > > but I am very interested to hear what other reasons people > > would use cygwin. As I can run any unix program on my Linux > > servers or laptop, is there a role for cygwin? > > Thanks > >=20 > > Chris Mason > > Box 340, The Valley, Anguilla, British West Indies > > Tel: 264 497 5670 Fax: 264 497 8463 > > USA Fax (561) 382-7771 > > Take a virtual tour of the island > > http://net.ai/ The Anguilla Guide > > Find out more about NetConcepts > > www.netconcepts.ai > > Talk to me in real time with Instant Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Signature > > F331 8AD1 36FB B3B0 DF9F D95B 8024 D1EA 7450 D50C > >=20 > >=20 > > -- > > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > > Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > >=20 > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > If this message was not digitally signed, do you really know who > it came from? Encrypt everything, let the NSA sort it out. > > Unsolicited email advertisements will be proofread and returned > for a fee of $500 per message. Sending such email to this > address implies acceptance > of these terms. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Name: smime.p7s > smime.p7s Type: PKCS7 Signature (application/x-pkcs7-signature) > Encoding: base64
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