[Gloucs] Yesterday's meeting

[Sean Keane]

On 24/01/06, Mick Brooks <michael.brooks at physics.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

> I'm sorry I missed the meeting - my brain was still hurting after being
> subjected to Visual Basic all day, and I couldn't face the drive.
>
> It's a little against the grain (okay, completely off-topic), but I'll
> try my luck anyway: does anybody have any tips for a Linux user stranded
> in Windows? It's honestly been about 8 years since I used Windows, and
> now I'm completely unproductive. What's that Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V nonsense
> about? How does the world manage without multiple desktops? Where's
> focus-follows-mouse?
>
> If anyone has tips for just managing windows and files, they'd be very much
> appreciated.

It's not a perfect solution by any means, but there's always Cygwin. 
It provides a shell and GUI under windows... It's always worth a quick
google.

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Sean Keane