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Re: OFFTOPIC cygwin and winxp



matthew arnison wrote:

> we did try cygwin on a winxp box at work - it would crash the whole
> computer about 5 minutes after cygwin was launched. the crash would happen
> even if cygwin was running, the main trigger seems to be whether cygwin
> was launched.
> 
> searched for similar experiences on the net, couldn't find any. that
> machine is pretty stable normally, especially for windows, doesn't crash
> at all really. so we gave up on cygwin, atleast for that box.

Weird. By necessity, I have Windows XP and Windows ME boxes at work, and
also a Windows ME box at home. All run the latest cygwin, including
XFree86 and emacs. No trouble at all. Windows apps crash more often than
cygwin.

Craig

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