From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 93855 invoked by alias); 13 Feb 2016 17:41:45 -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 93846 invoked by uid 89); 13 Feb 2016 17:41:44 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=soderquist, Soderquist, Wine, shot X-HELO: plane.gmane.org Received: from plane.gmane.org (HELO plane.gmane.org) (80.91.229.3) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Sat, 13 Feb 2016 17:41:43 +0000 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aUeCO-00024O-Ba for cygwin@cygwin.com; Sat, 13 Feb 2016 18:41:36 +0100 Received: from 66-87-119-90.pools.spcsdns.net ([66-87-119-90.pools.spcsdns.net]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 13 Feb 2016 18:41:36 +0100 Received: from tony by 66-87-119-90.pools.spcsdns.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 13 Feb 2016 18:41:36 +0100 To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Tony Kelman Subject: Re: Last Version of Cygwin for XP Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2016 17:41:00 -0000 Message-ID: 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2016-02/txt/msg00193.txt.bz2 Erik Soderquist gmail.com> 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 -- 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