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From: Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on other platforms
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:45:13
Message-Id: CA+czFiDR_td50cs4ArA69LPk0PfGgDcAzOn3Dnso+Y9Ra8L4Ug@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on other platforms by "András Csányi"
1 On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 3:32 PM, András Csányi <sayusi.ando@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On 19 December 2011 21:04, Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com> wrote:
3 >> And by "other", this time I mean "Windows".
4 >>
5 >> Has anyone done something like "Gentoo on mscc+Win32" or "Gentoo on
6 >> mingw+Win32"? Portage would kick the pants off of Cygwin's package
7 >> management.
8 >
9 > May I ask what would be the benefit of it? COLinux is not enough for you?
10
11 Hm. Haven't thought about colinux in a couple years, but it looks like
12 my initial two issues remain:
13
14 1) Won't run on 64-bit Windows.
15 http://colinux.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#Q27._Does_coLinux_work_under_64-bit_Windows
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17 2) Has problems with SMP systems.
18 http://colinux.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#Q13._My_coLinux_installation_seems_to_randomly_and_irregularly_hang_my_PC._Sometimes_it_happens_when_the_init_scripts_are_running_during_bootup_or_shutdown.2C_sometimes_it_happens_while_a_program_is_executing_on_the_co_Linux_VM.2C_and_sometimes_coLinux_runs_just_fine._What.27s_going_on_and_how_do_I_fix_it.3F
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20 (or, tinyURL'd, http://tinyurl.com/7taofns )
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22 --
23 :wq