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

[Stephen Brown Jr]

Vmware Server is great, I use it all the time. I'm constantly playing with
things and having a sandbox to do it in without borking my own install makes
it really nice. It's very easy to install and maintain as well....

Stephen


On 11/8/06, Eric Christensen <kf4otn at ericsatcom.net> wrote:
>
> You can actually get the VMWare Server for free as well.  That allows
> you to make your own images to use so you can make your own Linux
> install with Xastir already installed and make that image downloadable
> for others.
>
> Eric
>
>
> Curt, WE7U wrote:
> > On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Amateur Radio WB8NUT wrote:
> >
> >> 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.
> >
> > This sounds like a great option for people that don't want to mess
> > with Cygwin.  I used to run a licensed copy of VMWare 1.x way back
> > when, and was always quite happy with the software.  Now that one
> > can download the VMWare Player for free, VMWare virtual machines are
> > an even more attractive option.
> >
> > How about documenting the above on the Xastir Wiki?  A step-by-step
> > for those that are install-challenged.
> >
> > --
> > Curt, WE7U.   APRS Client Comparisons: http://www.eskimo.com/~archer
> > "Lotto:    A tax on people who are bad at math." -- unknown
> > "Windows:  Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U
> > "The world DOES revolve around me:  I picked the coordinate system!"
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