My dad unexpectedly uses my Linux laptop to get real work done

Re:My dad unexpectedly uses my Linux laptop to get real work... by nitrogen on Sunday October 27, 2013 @02:26AM (#6621021)

If you're forced to use Windows and need a terminal, I recommend running Cygwin's xterm with a rootless (i.e. no "root" background window, so windows share a desktop) X server. It's a lot better than running Cygwin's bash in cmd.exe.

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Re:My dad unexpectedly uses my Linux laptop to get real work... by eropple on Sunday October 27, 2013 @03:01AM (#6621096)

I did this for a while, but mintty is good enough now and comes in Cygwin's standard packages.

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Re:My dad unexpectedly uses my Linux laptop to get real work... by nitrogen on Sunday October 27, 2013 @03:26AM (#6621138)

It's been a while since I've used Cygwin (using Linux Mint for everything except gaming and music editing now), so I hadn't even heard of mintty. I'll check it out if I find a need for a good console in Windows again.

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Re:My dad unexpectedly uses my Linux laptop to get real work... by Syssiphus on Sunday October 27, 2013 @06:35AM (#6621507)

rxvt is also a good choice.

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