X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:reply-to:to:message-id:subject :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; q=dns; s=default; b=TPRHdehyXNrHmjpUD80proC8FKizze5R9PBx3+C4g3I 9v2A4Gz3vggxvre/OasPV66ZlyaQzisOlTjhXCZQQeUnay1imwdiUx+kXQ9BkYzt GsMnxk8Z1Az2t+jb4/h/UyPJ9HC+8hIiLnMZT5Jy9i8QnAaXJE6tLUmew53k+Gzk = DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:reply-to:to:message-id:subject :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; s=default; bh=uIuGMTfDDZsjIz8xDXCH7MAwSLc=; b=U5BepLbQRieLvLrhM fD05Y55A1sCSVvrDQrIcU0pxRcSdvhiPoWN5onhEG70+nMcUaiF9gml81taeSwX9 iOykG7sSqT0olZ5qU4Abv3JpKahz/Ewr+UDJX62YdGTinKpvhe5Uh91WlRX6F3Og GCp8skITKziyIFQHud8utTT/QY= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_COUK,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=Wood, lloyd, ships, filling X-HELO: nm18-vm9.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 07:44:09 +0000 (UTC) From: Reply-To: To: "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" Message-ID: <1454779106.2980080.1472543049625@mail.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Windows Subsystem For Linux MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <1454779106 DOT 2980080 DOT 1472543049625 DOT ref AT mail DOT yahoo DOT com> A viewpoint on this whole Windows Ubuntu Frankenstein hybrid vs Cygwin thing: In comparison with the difficulties trying to build Geomview under 64-bit Cygwin, then discovering the piping issues that prevent it working with modules, using the Windows Ubuntu subsystem to install pre-existing Ubuntu packages and dependencies turned out to be surprisingly straightforward and user friendly. Compare the instructions on: http://personal.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/L.Wood/software/SaVi/building-under-Windows/ and you can see why the complex build-on-Cygwin instructions are now listed last. (I also had no problem pulling in gcc and tk-dev and building SaVi from source. Haven't yet tried with Geomview!) I think Cygwin's Xming will soon be the most popular Cygwin spinoff, filling the same free Xserver role that XQuartz does on Mac OS X now that no longer ships an Xserver with the OS, and I think we're all going to be very grateful that Xming exists. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xming Lloyd Wood http://savi.sf.net/ -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple