[Xastir] Better and/or Easier Way to Get Xastir on Windows

[Amateur Radio WB8NUT]

I tried this method and it works very well.

Go to www.vmware.com and download the free VMWare Player.  Install on 
your windows machine.

Also on the VMWare site, download a virtual machine for Mepis Linux, 
Ubuntu Linux, or Kubuntu.

Once it is downloaded, start the virtual machine in the VMWare player.  
Now you have Linux running as a virtual machine on your windows machine 
- at the same time.

While running Mepis, Ubuntu or Kubuntu, using the Package Manager, 
download Xastir - it will install in the virtual machine.

Set it up to use AGWPE (yeah, download and install this first) on your 
windows machine. Use the IP address of the windows machine in order for 
Xastir to find AGWPE running on the windows O/S.

Now you can have Windows and Linux running at the same time, on the same 
PC.  Since Linux is a virtual machine, it will not interfere with Windows. 

You can have the best of both worlds, on one PC, at the same time.

Regards,

Duffy
www.wb8nut.com