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Applying patches
lights0ut:
I found that VMware, while faster gave me a harder time. I had to keep turning off my internet, then my firewall, then connecting to the image through windoze just to transfer my patches to it, and finally the build when I was done. If I forgot a patch, that meant I had to start my FW, start the internet, get the patch then shut it down again.
The best solution to all this and my other PC problems like spyware was to run a native Linux OS ;D
Mad Cow:
--- Quote from: scorche on May 07, 2007, 05:30:46 PM ---This is the first time I have ever heard that Cygwin is the easiest to set up. Most people say VMware is because all you do is install VMware and run the image which already has everything set up for it.
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Yep, I'll attest to that. I started with VMware, but got sick of the slow network-only connection that always seemed to go down when I needed it the most. I tried Colinux, but gave up after I couldn't get the networking set up, now I'm using Cygwin and it's the best one so far. It's slower, but that doesn't really matter because I don't stare at the window, watching it compile. I just browse the internet or something, and before I know it, it's done.
I have another PC that I could install linux on, but I don't really need it, and I'm lazy. :P
lights0ut:
--- Quote from: Mad Cow on May 07, 2007, 07:32:08 PM ---I have another PC that I could install linux on, but I don't really need it, and I'm lazy.
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I'd say that Installing Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty) was pretty close to painless. ;) It can be done completely with GUI programs, never needed to touch a terminal window.
mschneider:
Well i've fully installed cygwin, but whenever i click on the icon or start it through the start menu the prompter flashes on screen breifly and then dissapears. Any ideas?
Mad Cow:
--- Quote from: evilg123 on May 07, 2007, 09:49:10 PM ---
--- Quote from: Mad Cow on May 07, 2007, 07:32:08 PM ---I have another PC that I could install linux on, but I don't really need it, and I'm lazy.
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I'd say that Installing Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty) was pretty close to painless. ;) It can be done completely with GUI programs, never needed to touch a terminal window.
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I was thinking of installing Ubuntu for a while now, I'll probably do that when I have a free weekend or something. How about setting up the rockbox build environment? How hard is that?
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