From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18632 invoked by alias); 11 Jan 2016 02:05:09 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 18623 invoked by uid 89); 11 Jan 2016 02:05:09 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,TVD_RCVD_IP autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=ribbon, wanna, Stocker, stocker X-HELO: mrvideo.vidiot.com Received: from 24-196-68-46.static.mdsn.wi.charter.com (HELO mrvideo.vidiot.com) (24.196.68.46) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Mon, 11 Jan 2016 02:05:08 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=mrvideo.vidiot.com) by mrvideo.vidiot.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aIRr0-0001Vm-A2 for cygwin@cygwin.com; Sun, 10 Jan 2016 20:05:06 -0600 Received: (from brown@localhost) by mrvideo.vidiot.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8/Submit) id u0B2561K005813 for cygwin@cygwin.com; Sun, 10 Jan 2016 20:05:06 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 03:54:00 -0000 From: Mike Brown To: cygwin mail list Subject: Re: Windows XP Support Message-ID: <20160111020506.GS6964@mrvideo.vidiot.com> References: <56924AB1.1070903@gmx.de> <5692DBF5.3040100@comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5692DBF5.3040100@comcast.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-SW-Source: 2016-01/txt/msg00103.txt.bz2 I've been using cygwin on XP (SP2 and then SP3), both 32 bit and 64 bit, for ages now. I actually tried upgrading once, but had to go back to what I am currently running because cron was broken. It refused to start, no matter what. After returning to the previous install, it started right up. The main pieces that I use, zsh, cron and the basic commands (like ls and ps), are all that I need. I've written several z-shell scripts to do the things that I need. So, even if XP support is pulled, I'm good. Cygwin has been really great for making the two XP boxes worth running. I've been a Unix/Linux user/admin for decades. MB On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 05:32:21PM -0500, Terry McCarty - WA5NTI wrote: > Hello - > > I am also new to the LINUX world and would like very much to see XP "live > forever". > > I still use XP as my main "go to" machine. > But ... Microsoft's continuing "march to bigger and better" and my > reluctance to be forced to repeatedly buy new bigger and faster machinery > to accommodate the new windows systems has nudged me out of my complacency > - I am now using Cygwin and learning LINUX. > > If Cygwin continues to support XP, it will continue to serve as "that > bright city on a hill", giving us old Microsoft Ludditess a comfortable > "stepping stone" that encourages us to switch to LINUX. > > -- > Terry McCarty > 3t3@comcast.net > wa5nti > > > > Herbert Stocker wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> i have read that beginning this month Cygwin wants to drop support >> for Windows XP. Though the home page and FAQ entry 12 do not talk >> about this. Are they out of date or is WinXP still supported? >> >> Although there are better OSes now, WinXP is still a good OS. >> Especially for virtual machines, because of its low memory foot print. >> Only just 220 MiB for the OS! >> >> So while i feel it's not fair to beg you to go through all the >> complexities of still supporting it, i want to ask: >> >> - If there is no support anymore for Win XP (SP3), is there a reposi- >> tory around, where one can download the last version of Cygwin that >> supported WinXP (SP3)? >> >> - If not, how can i do it by myself? Will i have to create a mirror >> and not update it? Or would i have to download the current version >> somehow? >> >> >> Thank you very much for the great work. >> Cygwin makes Windows complete if you ask me. >> >> Herbert >> >> -- >> 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 >> >> > > -- > 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 > -- e-mail: vidiot@vidiot.com | vidiot@vidiot.net /~\ The ASCII 6082066843@email.uscc.net (140 char limit) \ / Ribbon Campaign Visit - URL: http://vidiot.com/ X Against http://vidiot.net/ / \ HTML Email "What do you say Beckett. Wanna have a baby?" - Castle to Det. Beckett "How long have I been gone?" Alexis after seeing Castle and Beckett w/ baby - Castle - 11/25/13 -- 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