Win32 port of Debian ?
I remember seeing a few months back someone hinting at starting a win32 port
of Debian, that would be built on top of the cygwin posix emulator for
windows.
Was a group ever formed to begin this task ? If so, I would like to find out
more info on helping out the group.
If not, what were the issues ? Not enough people wanted to do this, or it
did not fit into the framework of the debian ports ? Or is the cygwin posix
emulator not quite ready for a full port ?
The reason I'm wondering about this is I was interested in porting the
libggi on top of DirectX, and the easiest way I could think of to do this
was to use the cygwin posix emulator. In attempting to kick off building
libggi, I quickly found myself wanting and building handy unix shell tools.
Then I though, "Well, this is the beginnings of a linux port". Finally, I
had the realization that if libggi is ported, then the Xggi-server (which is
a full-blown X server) should be able to port which would make a very nice
full blown free-ware X server for MS windows.
And if there is an X-server and a linux port, then cool apps like the Gimp,
X-emacs, to KOffice could run on a windows platform (and I could work on my
linux apps at work when I have a touch of free time).
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