From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 76409 invoked by alias); 14 Feb 2016 00:41:06 -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 76394 invoked by uid 89); 14 Feb 2016 00:41:05 -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_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=player, Player X-HELO: mail-lb0-f182.google.com Received: from mail-lb0-f182.google.com (HELO mail-lb0-f182.google.com) (209.85.217.182) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-GCM-SHA256 encrypted) ESMTPS; Sun, 14 Feb 2016 00:41:04 +0000 Received: by mail-lb0-f182.google.com with SMTP id ap4so4651137lbd.1 for ; Sat, 13 Feb 2016 16:41:03 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=vJ+3pkRkfPw/ENi7nItUO0Y6CXs3BFFUj4WbaJ6+Fg0=; b=VYFdW2425NZ2IxmG2BJIDG94a1VdcbwGqcvyFkHEBjt7mqrT/2NCftVwgY4t7REmK1 8WBpZVZS5M8a1gZYhgnz/7m/0m1j/Oe2ompNNUyLCuSX4PTcqhuRrMnn7yER34MoCnn1 OjM67dDsFNXq8wQ/HtPCLOx9XWJpnY4n/6+5tDzcqyLEMNviIEDZxg3frIxzZe1WZTCV Fsh/cPQ+1raAouNFIypSu4RywydbcT4Msa6UrjCabpMT/yS2zOHmdpAGeV4k0Q314zy0 WyvqMkAaUvMBCPUBpjoDWjcrNowKXDJxzj2N8dFTzcuX4Ez1/xtPQygs1WK/IZKvJzYb sL+g== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YOQnSgRtKia8XLL9if3E9f5J+wbG98p3Fhtn/tQwOXSLOK2UXT0z+n7WtR6zE3v1AiLPd9Oykb2egm4TZQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.151.134 with SMTP id uq6mr3117596lbb.18.1455410460576; Sat, 13 Feb 2016 16:41:00 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.25.86.196 with HTTP; Sat, 13 Feb 2016 16:41:00 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <56BA9DB2.3080106@cygwin.com> <56BB6FD1.6000208@molconn.com> <56BB7220.5010101@cygwin.com> <56BCCE7D.6040605@gmail.com> <4D4ECA09-53B3-4A16-89BC-E9C7054A22C7@etr-usa.com> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2016 00:41:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Last Version of Cygwin for XP From: Erik Soderquist To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2016-02/txt/msg00205.txt.bz2 n On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 12:41 PM, Tony Kelman wrote: > Erik Soderquist writes: > >> currently I'm studying programming myself now with a direct goal of >> being able to write a Linux compatible replacement so I can dump my >> own amber-coated XP > > Have you tried running the Windows binaries under Wine? It's worth a > shot. Wine has some hefty dependencies but I wonder what the minimum > footprint of a wine-capable VM or container would be. > > -Tony Yes, I have, two of them fail entirely to start, and the third starts, but crashes quickly. As each also has its own hardware drivers, I suspect it would be harder getting it to work in Wine than writing fresh. They are currenty in VMware Player because they do not work correctly in VirtualBox either. (I wanted the VM to be open source as well, but no such luck). If anyone has suggestions on other open source virtual environments, I'm willing to try so I can eliminate VMware. (Long term goal is 100% open source). -- Erik -- 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