Re: [Dev-C++] What have I done this time? Thanks

[Alfred P. R. <al...@ya...>]

Hi Roger,
 
You're very welcome, Roger!
 
MinGW is Minimal GNU (Linux) for Windows, a minimal implementation of the software development part of Linux.  It contains useful command line utilities such as gcc, gdb, etc.  Parts of it are redundant when you use Dev-Cpp, but I sometimes check my Dev-Cpp compile on it to insure that the make files work without the GUI of Dev-Cpp.  It's not really necessary, and I believe Msys will run without it, though that just my opinion from the Msys install batch file that asks you if it's installed.  I've never said no!
 
It's not recommended to install Linux on top of Windows, rather install Windows on top of Linux.  I'm a fan of Red Hat, personally, but I would recommend browsing the Internet for user reviews of the different Linux distributions.

Roger Furer <ra...@ha...> wrote:

Aloha from Honolulu,
First, a big thank you (Mahalo) to Alfred, Reid, and Malcolm for your 
help.
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Third, to Alfred and Reid, can you explain what MinGW is? I thought 
it _was_ part of DevC++ since it shows up in the "About" screen under 
the main "Help" menu. Also, I have never used the command line to 
compile or run anything, since the IDE is so convenient and has all the 
messages etc. 
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BTW, yes, I'm using WinXP Pro. I have made a second bootable partition 
ready for Linux, but haven't decided what distribution to use--does 
anyone have a preference/suggestion? I have a SUSE 9.1 desktop live 
eval that came with an issue of Linux User magazine. But this may be a 
subject for a different user group.
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Alfred P. Reaud