[Xastir] Xastir on Windows 10

Hans-Peter Friedhelm Oeste hoeste at shaw.ca
Wed Aug 17 21:21:54 PDT 2016


Well some-one had to do it.

I have Windows 10 and I forced the update to Anniversary Edition.  When
you choose the Developer option, you can now choose to install their
beta linux (Bash) subsytem which is a ubuntu system.

Yup I installed it and it works great for commandline stuff.  But with
a couple of minor tweaks that can be found online, and the installation
of an X windows system, and there's at least 3 free ones, you can run
gui Xwindows programs.  There are issues with some programs 
but..##SELECTION_END##

Because the subsystem is Ubuntu based, I used the instructions in the
wiki, specifically the great script that does all the work for you.
 And it works flawlessly.  And running xastir, it starts up and runs
flawlessly!  Go figure!  So Windows 10 can now be part of 'our'
ecosystem.  Who'd of thunk it.

Hans Oeste
VE7OES.


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