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If you must, or prefer to use Windows, here's a few tips to get decent unix integration with [Cygwin]. |
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!!Shell: |
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The standard Cygwin shell is a bit boring, I prefer using the native Win32 rxvt as follows. |
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Create a shortcut with: |
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<pre> |
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C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -sl 10000 -fn 14 -fg '#F8F8F8' -bg black -e /bin/bash -l |
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This will give you 10000 lines of scrollback, grey on black and a decent shell setup properly. |
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!!UTF-8: |
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Good question, I don't know how to use this without using the X (non native windows) version of RXVT. |
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!!SSH: |
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Just use the openssh install, down with putty and it's confusing setting dialog and funny fonts. |
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!!X Server: |
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[Xming|http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming] is a nicer version of the X server that comes with cygwin, it's free and integrates nicely with the systray etc. |
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The key I found when using Cygwin SSH X-Forwarding, is that it will try to use a unix socket, if the DISPLAY variable doesn't have a hostname in it. |
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The fix is simple: |
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<start Xming> |
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DISPLAY=localhost:0 ssh -X some.server.org |
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</pre> |
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If you don't, it'll fail with something like: |
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<pre> |
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~[you@someserver~~~]$ xeyes |
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connect /tmp/.X11-unix/X0: Connection refused |
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X connection to localhost:10.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). |
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</pre> |
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!!Apt-get: |
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There are a couple of tools to do this, cyg-apt and apt-cyg. Both have different bugs and seem to be relatively unmaintained .. shame. |