I would very much like to be able to run Win2K and Xandros (Debian-based) on the same desktop. If I'm reading you right, running them on the same hardware would normally require VMWare (or similar) or a special (fragile) Linux kernel. It sounds like, again if I'm reading you correctly, that you've got something like an enhanced VNC session working between the Linux and Winders boxes.
But in this post you are saying you've got them running on the same hardware by using WinXP and Cygwin/X.
I'm still having a little trouble understanding what you're doing. Is Cygwin/X a Linux kernel or simulated Linux distro that runs on top of Winders? I thought Cygwin was a package that let one run small apps, but wasn't able to run giant things like Gnome. I guess it can do that now. If Cygwin/X can do all of this, why would one want the cooperative kernel. So that Linux could be the host?
This sounds like a great solution to getting up to speed with Linux without having to jump in with both feet. What's the speed like? Can the Linux session talk to the hardware directly (for things like running scanners, etc.)?
Could you Twikify or go into a little more detail about what exactly you did to get this running?
Thanks a bunch.
Cheers,
Scott.