From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a073fa836a03b290 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-14 10:57:39 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-06!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!128.39.3.168!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: [OT] Gnat cross compiling FreeBSD to Win32 ? Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 17:57:38 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <3CD1FFC5.4050607@qwest.net> <5ee5b646.0205030057.7cb47a2d@posting.google.com> <3CDD3699.2090809@qwest.net> <4519e058.0205130633.478cc872@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1021399058 15970 129.241.83.82 (14 May 2002 17:57:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 17:57:38 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24042 Date: 2002-05-14T17:57:38+00:00 List-Id: On 14 May 2002 12:55:09 -0400, Stephen Leake wrote: > Well, I want a _stable_ system, not a _testing_ system. Windows NT is > a _stable_ system. Debian testing is _stable_ now. I've been using it for 1 year. > for my taste. The binary install from ACT was much simpler, just not > quite as simple as the Windows version. Though it may be simple, you must still recompile all your libraries like libgtkada asis etc... > Neither apt-get nor dselect is as 'user-friendly' as Install Shield > when it comes to customizing an installation. Please explain. > I'll stick to Debian stable, thank you! Well Testing will catch up with you in short time. Actually it was sceduled for release 1 May, but was delayed. > Ok. So I have to remember "apt-get" instead of "dselect". And I'm If you have such a bad memory I'm surprised you manage to code in the first place. ;-) I don't buy it. But then use gnome-apt or some other graphical frontend. Sorry but I have dealt with Debian and windows for years now and Debian proves time and time again to be much more easy. When I got my new laptop at work I had a Debian system up and running with *all* packages I had on my desktop system in 55 min and *one* reboot. Installing Windows took 3 hours (mainly due to network driver problems) and then I had to start installing the software which took about 5 hours and I guess about 15-20 reboots. > _not_ talking about "upgrading the system"; I'm talking about > "upgrading one application (Emacs)". So I have to remember what > apt-get calls the emacs package. dselect _shows_ me what it is called! But then you use dselect or gnome-apt. The only thing you need is to tell them to look in the right place for a new version. > I think I'll make a full disk backup first :). You can do that, but I would be more concerned in backing up my data not programs I can download ;-) > A bigger point is that I am _not_ a typical computer consumer. We > should be comparing notes on how to install Myst, or the latest > Quicken upgrade. (What? Those are not available for Linux? oh well, > never mind :). If I had time for games I would choose interactive fiction, but what we should do is make more Ada software. And speaking of this I'll need help porting my app to Windows. ;-) (Porting being basicly how to deal with where to put config files etc... the rest should recompile on a GNAT compiler. But first I have to wait for GtkAda 2.0 and Gtk+ 2.0 binaries) Preben