From:	"Charles Sandmann" <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: DJGPP & WindowsXP
Date:	Fri, 16 Nov 2001 17:11:21
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> I am now planning to buy a portable PC, but most of them are running under
> Windows XP. Is it known if DJGPP produces some problems on this OS too?

DOS sessions under XP appear to behave almost identically to those under
Windows 2000 (the bad news).  The good news is the binaries built on 
http://clio.rice.edu/djgpp/win2k/main.htm have not had any Win2K or XP
specific reported bugs in their usage - at this point we believe they
behave the same as under the other DOS environements.

The last observered Win2K/XP specific problems were fixed in CVS around a
month ago.  If you are a developer and don't mind rebuilding images and
distributions - I wouldn't be afraid of Windows 2000 or XP (they are 
much more stable than any other MS stuff).  If you are not comfortable
re-building images with patched libraries you should probably go with
one of the older MS offerings.

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