[Tutor] Python & windows XP professional

[Robert Garber]

oday is the day I take my plunge. i just have to decide if it's going to 2.2 from python.org or the active state version of 2.2. Since I do everything on windows I am leaning towardsActive State since the win32 extension come built in. Any thoughts on htis?

Robert
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: alan.gauld@bt.com
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 16:37:48 -0000

>> due to a personal bias against microsoft 
>
>I used to feel like that but I'm gradually coming round.
>
>Win2000 and XP are actually pretty decent OSs. The activation 
>stuff is fine if you don't change your PC config very often 
>but for me its a pain - I've had to reactivate twice since 
>I first installed in October last year.... I'm always messing 
>with my hardware! But XP has proved solid and fast and 
>memory efficient. I'm seriously considering deleting 
>Linux from my main box - I'll still use a modified Smoothwall 
>as my DHCP/firewall and local Web server.
>
>> of the way I would say to you that you are the first person I 
>> know of to use python on XP. 
>
>I've been using v2.0 since I installed XP and Cygwin v2.1 since
>December. No problems.
>
>Alan g.
>