[Gambas-user] Gambas on Windows - Alternative

[Benoit Minisini]

On vendredi 21 mars 2008, Daniel Campos wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I don't know if anybody wrote here about this topic, but I've just
> tested a Linux environment on Windows capable to run Gambas2 IDE and
> applications without any problem. You can find it here:
> http://www.andlinux.org (It is GPL'ed)
>
> It is based on cooperative-linux, a Linux kernel running on Windows.
> It adds a rootless X server as well as some graphical applications (or
> a complete KDE system if you want to download a 700 Mb installer).
>
> It runs Linux 32-bits binaries, and provides a basic Ubuntu system,
> that is, you just need to download Gambas packages for Ubuntu, and
> start it from a console.
>
> If anybody is interested in that project, creating a custom AndLinux
> distribution without extra stuff, just with colinux kernel, X-Server
> and the libraries needed to run Gambas2, could be a good idea.
>
> Compared to Cygwin systems, It works really fast, applications seem to
> be running on a native Linux system, and If you want, you can provide
> access to the entire hard disk to manage files in your system.
>
> I've been testing it on my Laptop (32bits Win Vista + Intel Core Duo +
> 1GB RAM) and everything works fast and without problems. I tested the
> RAD environment and some examples (basic and networking). Both QT and
> GTK+ Gambas apps work.
>
> Using that system you don't need a Linux server connected with a
> Windows+X server system, and you don't need to compile anything, just
> download your apps using apt!
>
> Daniel
>

Do you have some screenshots?

I'm currently trying to compile Gambas on Cygwin. There are a *lot* of 
problems, and the cygwin architecture reveals many bugs (memory alignment 
problems at the moment). So I don't totally lost my time. :-)

Anyway, do you think it is possible to create a andlinux distribution 
with "just" Gambas, and creates an icon on the windows desktop to run a 
gambas application by automatically initializing all the stuff?

-- 
Benoit Minisini