From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp-out-so.shaw.ca (smtp-out-so.shaw.ca [64.59.136.138]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 404553857001 for ; Tue, 25 Aug 2020 21:49:23 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 404553857001 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=SystematicSw.ab.ca Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=brian.inglis@systematicsw.ab.ca Received: from [192.168.1.104] ([24.64.172.44]) by shaw.ca with ESMTP id AgoikNT1R695cAgojkK1XO; Tue, 25 Aug 2020 15:49:21 -0600 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.3 cv=fZA2N3YF c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=kiZT5GMN3KAWqtYcXc+/4Q==:117 a=kiZT5GMN3KAWqtYcXc+/4Q==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=2PflvsaYQVF00PzBR_MA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [cygwin] Re: Mandatory ASLR breaks Cygwin - Windows 10 To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <4AA035EB-1325-4C1B-B399-28FC9176F203@roc.cs.umass.edu> <006c01d67aed$2f7f0660$8e7d1320$@linuxandria.com> <1b2501d67af3$efcd9e80$cf68db80$@pdinc.us> From: Brian Inglis Autocrypt: addr=Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca; prefer-encrypt=mutual; keydata= mDMEXopx8xYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAnCK0qv/xwUCCZQoA9BHRYpstERrspfT0NkUWQVuoePa0 LkJyaWFuIEluZ2xpcyA8QnJpYW4uSW5nbGlzQFN5c3RlbWF0aWNTdy5hYi5jYT6IlgQTFggA PhYhBMM5/lbU970GBS2bZB62lxu92I8YBQJeinHzAhsDBQkJZgGABQsJCAcCBhUKCQgLAgQW AgMBAh4BAheAAAoJEB62lxu92I8Y0ioBAI8xrggNxziAVmr+Xm6nnyjoujMqWcq3oEhlYGAO WacZAQDFtdDx2koSVSoOmfaOyRTbIWSf9/Cjai29060fsmdsDLg4BF6KcfMSCisGAQQBl1UB BQEBB0Awv8kHI2PaEgViDqzbnoe8B9KMHoBZLS92HdC7ZPh8HQMBCAeIfgQYFggAJhYhBMM5 /lbU970GBS2bZB62lxu92I8YBQJeinHzAhsMBQkJZgGAAAoJEB62lxu92I8YZwUBAJw/74rF IyaSsGI7ewCdCy88Lce/kdwX7zGwid+f8NZ3AQC/ezTFFi5obXnyMxZJN464nPXiggtT9gN5 RSyTY8X+AQ== Organization: Systematic Software Message-ID: Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 15:49:20 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.11.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-CA Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfLP+Rf6e9zA0zBxm+7trhFEc2qPkU4DVcidkM0YxAOsyPyOe3ybfvQKgJubeF41vRn2IRaykpeVPWK4Xl7JG6LyVlyBy86T59/JiYCdHDuPE5DXgAFh/ 2haaVJ5UY1jNogEqob61RaS/C9FIhnvAP5+5S9X0yhbbIblrwEoZ5gTfScam8p1pyaEn70eII8svAA== X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, KAM_NUMSUBJECT, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 21:49:24 -0000 On 2020-08-25 09:56, Eliot Moss wrote: > Meanwhile, WSL version 2 runs under a hypervisor and thus implements its own > fork directly, giving speeds more like Linux (a _lot_ faster). Hence it is > clear that the Windows OS team do not intend to support fork - they'd just say > "use a hypervisor". Good advice which I took, and find running a lightweight distro in a VM gets near native performance, without worrying about what MS "Linux" or Windows does or supports, plus you can use multiple processes, with X and all services, without limits other than those applied to the VM: "Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly." -- Henry Spencer -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in IEC units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.]