Re: what is the best Windows distribution?

[Riccardo Mottola]

Hi,
> I am the kind of using for fun (not coding for fun) and prefer the least
> trouble way, which almost mean I always choose whatever other chose. So
> what is the most chosen way to run GNUStep on Windows?
Currently the only supported way is MinGW. Cygwin used to work, but its 
support was left unmaintained for years, thus currently it does not work 
- at least for me. It could be revived, I am not aware of any technical 
reason of why not.

Performances are not as bad as people depict them, I used Cygwin quite 
successfully while at the university.

MinGW is indeed almost completely native, with Cygwin you would have the 
advantage of more POSIX functions (thus much easier compatibility) and 
the option to test both the X11 backend as well as using win32 like in 
MinGW.

Somebody reported a working Cygwin about 1 year ago here on the list, 
but never shared his results. I mailed him privately several times, with 
no reply. I Don't remember his name though, I think he was Asian.

So it depends on how adventurous you want to be. 
VirtualPC/VirtualBOX/VMWare might be a solution for you too. Remember 
that you can run the applications inside the VM and then export the 
display locally to an X server running on the windows part. I did this 
on a specific setup and the performances were more than acceptable!

Riccardo