heads up, folks: random vnc (remote desktop) attempts

[Chan Chung Hang Christopher]

>>> What do you (Norberto Bensa) mean by "providing anything similar to 
>>> Cygwin"? Cygwin's purpose is to provide POSIX environment (i.e. Unix/
>>> Linux environment) to Windows. Since Ubuntu is 100% Linux, it already 
>>> fully POSIX. I think you might have meant whether there is a program that 
>>> provide Windows' Environment in Ubuntu, in that case it is "wine".
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> I beg to differ. Linux is not fully posix. Any UNIX operating system is 
>> fully posix but not GNU/Linux.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX
>>     
>
> I think you're misunderstanding that page.  GNU/Linux is not /certified/
> as POSIX.  Certification requires you pay several fees
> (http://posixcertified.ieee.org/posix-fee-schedule-1.0.pdf) and pass
> conformance tests.  Obviously, those tests don't cover everything, and
> certified implementations are no more guaranteed to be perfect than
> uncertified implementations (such as GNU/Linux).  Either way, bugs are
> quite possible.
>   
I do not think I am misunderstanding.

http://www.opengroup.org/rtforum/uploads/40/7319/POSIX_and_Linux_Application_Compatibility_v0.92_released_22_April_05.pdf

Maybe things have changed in the last few years but I doubt it.