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my chances for success?
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- Subject: my chances for success?
- From: "Brendel, Rob" <RJBrende at uop dot com>
- Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 14:12:32 -0500
Hi list -
I'd like to know how much expertise is necessary to get XFree-86 running on
my WinNT laptop -- I'm afraid I'm too ignorant. I've dabbled in Linux --
had it dual-booted on my home PC with NT -- and liked what I saw. But I no
longer have that machine, and now use a work-supplied laptop; and company
policy won't let me put Linux on it. I can put freeware on, but not another
OS.
Under Linux I liked the multiple virtual desktops and the mouse behavior --
just kept fvwm. Also, I got to like the nedit editor and LyX, the LaTeX
front-end. So if I could get all that going on my laptop, I'd be very
happy.
So I installed Cygwin OK, I think, and the other day took a shot at putting
XFree on. Got some connection errors that I don't remember now, hit the
archives and saw posts with similar problems, but I have to admit I didn't
understand the responses. So I'm beginning to wonder if setting this up
requires more expertise than I've got. I've mostly seen Windows, and mostly
NT. I was able to install binary packages in Linux but never even tried
compiling anything.
Any comments on my chances -- should I just sit tight in WinNT and wait for
better days?
Thanks much,
Rob