[Gambas-user] Gambas on Windows - Alternative

[José Luis Redrejo]

2008/3/21, José Luis Redrejo <jredrejo at ...626...>:
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> 2008/3/21, Benoit Minisini <gambas at ...1...>:
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> > On vendredi 21 mars 2008, Daniel Campos wrote:
> > > Hi:
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> > > 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
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> > Do you have some screenshots?
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> > 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. :-)
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> > 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?
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> I do think so, as Daniel says there's no much magic on andlinux.org. The
> tricky part is the kernel:http://www.colinux.org/ . Having such kernel,
> any distribution could be done: mandriva, debian, redhat, etc. and you only
> have to decide the packages to include there.
> It would have been a nice GSoC project but we're two weeks later for this
> year projects.
> Regards.
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Well, a howto to build any distribution with colinux is here:
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=8B83D09529A28D4E9768DBF3DC23913801A76295%40e-exch.emblazer.com
There is also a wikipage called "Converting distributions" describing the
process:
http://colinux.wikia.com/wiki/Converting_Distributions

More info in the colinux faq:
http://colinux.wikia.com/wiki/CoLinux_FAQ

Regards
José L.