The last time I talked about the problems with porting mrxvt to SUA, I had a lot of problems getting SUA installed and working properly.  On top of that, was the problem of porting mrxvt, but now that I’ve got it working under Vista, I’ll document what I did incase anyone else wants to do the same thing I did.

My original intent to use SUA was that I wanted a good tabbed terminal under Windows.  Although I love PuTTY, it has served me nicely throughout the years, and still do, but it lacks one thing I use the most, tabs.  The only way I can get this is to port mrxvt over to Windows.  Of course, one of my previous posts explained why I prefer SUA over Cygwin, so I wont go over that anymore, but the simple explanation is that it is faster.

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cygwin · mrxvt · sua · windows vista

I tried and tried to work with Vista Home to find a good alternative to Vista’s SUA (Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications), and I really can’t find a good alternative.  I had to shell some cash out of my own pocket to get Vista Ultimate, but I got it for cheap since I have student discount.  There are a few things that I look for when looking for a *nix in windows type of environment.  First off, I would like to have a fast shell and that it’s multi-tabbed.  Reason being for this tabbed feature is that it increases my productivity by a lot! (more…)

cygwin · sua · windows vista