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From: Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com>
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com, cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Yet another Slashdot article
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 01:12:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011128174812.GD4455@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3C047590.6010305@ece.gatech.edu>

On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 12:26:40AM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote:
>is here:
>http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/25/2245258
>
>this time on cygwin+gnome.  The site mentioned includes build
>instructions for several gnomish packages, but seems a little out of
>date (why provide instructions for compiling popt when popt has been
>part of the official dist since last spring?  Also, providing
>instructions on how to build your own freetype library is SURE to tick
>off you cygwin-xfree folks...)
>
>Cool screenshots, tho (even if the guy IS using twm...)

I thought that one of the comments about cygwin being around forever was
sort of interesting.  Slashdot seems to have the attention span of a
moth attracted to a flashing neon sign.

"Ooohhh!  Light!  I think I'll fly over there!"

"Um.  What was I doing?"

"Ooohhh!  Light!..."

cgf

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From: Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com>
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com, cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Yet another Slashdot article
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 09:48:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011128174812.GD4455@redhat.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <20011128094800.xNozcQ9OBVppJvzz8O2YLRikh25zr4xz1kqvfQntF5I@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3C047590.6010305@ece.gatech.edu>

On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 12:26:40AM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote:
>is here:
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/25/2245258
>
>this time on cygwin+gnome.  The site mentioned includes build
>instructions for several gnomish packages, but seems a little out of
>date (why provide instructions for compiling popt when popt has been
>part of the official dist since last spring?  Also, providing
>instructions on how to build your own freetype library is SURE to tick
>off you cygwin-xfree folks...)
>
>Cool screenshots, tho (even if the guy IS using twm...)

I thought that one of the comments about cygwin being around forever was
sort of interesting.  Slashdot seems to have the attention span of a
moth attracted to a flashing neon sign.

"Ooohhh!  Light!  I think I'll fly over there!"

"Um.  What was I doing?"

"Ooohhh!  Light!..."

cgf

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  reply	other threads:[~2001-11-28 17:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-11-18  3:36 Charles Wilson
2001-11-19  1:12 ` Christopher Faylor [this message]
2001-11-28  9:48   ` Christopher Faylor
2001-11-27 21:26 ` Charles Wilson

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