On 31 August 2016 at 12:28, Nirgendsdorf <nirgendsd...@frontier.com> wrote: > On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 15:58:45 +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >> I uploaded a new Cygwin release 2.6.0-1. >> >> Please note that this release won't work on Windows XP and Windows >> Server 2003 or 2003 R2. At least Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 >> are required. > > > Well, there goes XP as another software project on which I depend withdraws > support. It’s not that I can’t afford to "upgrade"-- I can get a > reconditioned box with Windows 7 on it for around $200 or less. It's that I > am too old and tired to install the applications and utilities I would want, > find replacements for my old favorites that would not run on the new box, > and then tweak everything the way I would want it to run. Worse yet, I would > probably want to install Linux...and build it from scratch. Nope, far too > old and tired for any of that, especially for learning my way around the new > stuff. >
As the 84 year old guy who helps my 70 year old dad do Linux installs and Cygwin fixes on systems keeps telling me: you are never too old... it just takes a bit longer to get the circuits going. >> Thanks, >> Corinna > > Thank you, Corinna, for helping to keep Cygwin going. I found it when it was > ver. b17 because I was looking for a way to run Joseph Allen's editor (joe) > on Windows and keep all the nice POSIX features. It's been quite a ride ever > since. I'll probably be around for a little while yet, long as I can build > stuff for the old Cygwin without too much trouble. Goodness help me, though, > if I ever get to the point where I find myself sitting in a wheelchair, > staring at a wall. > > Cheers, > > Jeff > > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
