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On 1/16/2017 8:10 AM, Ron Hardin wrote:
> Incidental remark: try Cygwin under XP, which puts
> a unix-like environment there while leaving
> everything else working, at least if all you want
> is compilers and shells.
>
> Its /dev/clipboard is enormously useful.
>
> Other machines have files under
> //machinename/sharepath for files you share under
> windows, so networks are trivial.
>

For reasons not relevant here I wish to avoid adding any software 
to that machine.

*HOWEVER* saying that Cygwin would provide a unix-like 
environment rattled my cage in a productive direction.

For another project I had done a minimal Linux install to a flash 
drive.
This time I'll do a much more complete install, specifically 
maximizing networking capabilities. I'll not have "linux-like". 
I'll have *LINUX*!

Sometimes seeing the obvious takes a while ;/
Thanks all.

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