this is just tangentially related, but we have cygwin up and running - working just fine. However, we have problems when logging in (from cygwin) remotely to a linux box. For some reason the image displays are working (e.g., glxgears) anyone have any suggestions? Thanks, Jason -----Original Message----- From: FSL - FMRIB's Software Library on behalf of Stephen Smith Sent: Sat 9/4/2004 10:15 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [FSL] anyone using fsl on Win2000 Hi, we have not had reports of problems under win2000 - I'm pretty sure it would be ok - anyone out there? Both your machines look fine, and I don't have any reason to think that Cygwin slows down the rest of the OS - it's just an application which sits there doing nothing when it's not being used, as far as I know. Cheers. On Sat, 4 Sep 2004, TONG Shan wrote: > Dear Dr Smith: > > Thanks for your reply. > > In the website, you recommend Win XP, so I wonder if win2000 is acceptable > for FSL. > > Also, I have a doubt if installing Cygwin would affect the system > performance for other conventional functions of Win XP/2000. My laptop is > 1.3G 768M ram Win XP, and the lab desktop is 1.7G 512M Win2000. I wonder > if the hardware is enough for Cygwin and FSL. > > Best, > > Sara > > > Hi - we do recommend MacosX or Linux over Windows, as Unix is a more > > "scientific" working environment. However, FSL does work fine under > > Cygwin, and the speed is identical to running under Linux on the same > > hardware. > > > > Cheers. > > > > > > On Sat, 4 Sep 2004, TONG Shan wrote: > > > >> Hi all: > >> > >> Just got to know FSL. It seems that it's developed for Linux, but my > >> system is Win2000. According to the website, I have to install a > >> Cygwin before using FSL. Is anyone here using FSL this way? How's the > >> performance? > >> > >> Thanks for any information provided. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Sara > >> > > > > Stephen M. Smith DPhil > > Associate Director, FMRIB and Analysis Research Coordinator > > > > Oxford University Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain > > John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK > > +44 (0) 1865 222726 (fax 222717) > > > > [log in to unmask] http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/~steve > Stephen M. Smith DPhil Associate Director, FMRIB and Analysis Research Coordinator Oxford University Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK +44 (0) 1865 222726 (fax 222717) [log in to unmask] http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/~steve