[Gambas-user] Gambas on Windows - Alternative

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That's almost like running qemu or Virtualbox on windows.

I used CoLinux for a while when I began my way out of windows and into Linux...
Good for a linux newbie...

But that doesn't mean gambas will be running on windows... it is
really a Linux distro running inside a windows environment... You do
everything like you would in Linux...

You can really run just about any distro inside CoLinux if you manage
to get your configuration and your image right... so it's really just
Linux inside windows.


On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 7:33 AM, José Luis Redrejo <jredrejo at ...626...> wrote:
> 2008/3/21, José Luis Redrejo <jredrejo at ...626...>:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > 2008/3/21, Benoit Minisini <gambas at ...1...>:
> > >
> > > 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?
> > >
> > >
> > 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.
> >
>
> 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.
>
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