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From: "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org>
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Subject: Re: Programming in Linux =?windows-1252?Q?=96_Cold_Start=2E?=
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 13:27:51 -0600
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On 12/12/2013 1:08 PM, erlo wrote:

> Install Linux in a VM, that way you donøt need to repartition.
> Ludvic Brenta maintains an Ada compiler for Debian. Ubuntus repository
> includes GNAT too. If you choose Ubuntu, go for Xubuntu as it is easy on
> the resources.
>

That is what I have. I've been using Linux for years, on VBox.
There is no reason at all to partition a disk. Using shared drives, you
mount your windows disk (say D:\ drive) from linux. So you
have access to all your windows data from Linux. So all your
data stays where it is now. On windows, and you can
access it from Linux or windows.

Best of both worlds. I use Linux for compiling/Latex things,
and windows for other stuff I need there.

This is the command I use to mount my windows disk to Linux:

    mount -t vboxsf -o uid=1000,gid=1000 me /media/me

You can install gnat using the package manager from Linux.

That is it.

--Nasser