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J-Pilot on Windows: Cygwin? WSL2? VirtualBox? Other options?

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unforgettableid@gmail.com
Tue, Feb 1, 2022 1:54 AM

Hi all!

I’d like to be able to back up my Centro, and to edit its memos on the desktop.  My current PC is perhaps eight years old.  It’s running 64-bit Windows 10 Home, and has 8 GB of RAM.

When you edit a memo, Palm Desktop converts all tabs to spaces.  This happens whether you use Palm Desktop 4.x or 6.2.2.  I don’t want tabs to be converted to spaces.  So I’d rather run J-Pilot instead.

A.)  I could install J-Pilot on Arch Linux on VirtualBox.  It looks like J-Pilot 2.0.1 is in the Arch user repository, which is convenient.

B.)  I could install J-Pilot on Xubuntu LTS on VirtualBox.

C.)  Perhaps I could install J-Pilot on WSL2?  I did some quick Google searching; it looks there’s a way to connect a physical USB device (such as a Palm device) to a running WSL2 instance.

D.)  Perhaps I could install J-Pilot on WSL1, plus I could install an X server for Windows such as Xming?  WSL1 is probably slower than WSL2, but it also takes up significantly less RAM.  So I’d feel freer to leave J-Pilot running for long periods of time.  Maybe I could somehow connect J-Pilot to my Centro using Bluetooth or the Aceeca Palm USB driver package for 64-bit Windows.

E.)  Perhaps I could build and install J-Pilot on Cygwin?  Again, perhaps I could connect J-Pilot to my Centro using Bluetooth or the Aceeca Palm USB driver package.  NetBSD pkgsrc sort of works on Cygwin, and so it might be able to help build J-Pilot and/or any needed dependencies.

I’m leaning towards option B, but I’m curious to hear your thoughts on whether options C, D, and/or E might be possible.

Perhaps there are also other possible options which I haven’t thought of.

Thank you for reading this!

Hi all! I’d like to be able to back up my Centro, and to edit its memos on the desktop. My current PC is perhaps eight years old. It’s running 64-bit Windows 10 Home, and has 8 GB of RAM. When you edit a memo, Palm Desktop converts all tabs to spaces. This happens whether you use Palm Desktop 4.x or 6.2.2. I don’t want tabs to be converted to spaces. So I’d rather run J-Pilot instead. A.) I could install J-Pilot on Arch Linux on VirtualBox. It looks like J-Pilot 2.0.1 is in the Arch user repository, which is convenient. B.) I could install J-Pilot on Xubuntu LTS on VirtualBox. C.) Perhaps I could install J-Pilot on WSL2? I did some quick Google searching; it looks there’s a way to connect a physical USB device (such as a Palm device) to a running WSL2 instance. D.) Perhaps I could install J-Pilot on WSL1, plus I could install an X server for Windows such as Xming? WSL1 is probably slower than WSL2, but it also takes up significantly less RAM. So I’d feel freer to leave J-Pilot running for long periods of time. Maybe I could somehow connect J-Pilot to my Centro using Bluetooth or the Aceeca Palm USB driver package for 64-bit Windows. E.) Perhaps I could build and install J-Pilot on Cygwin? Again, perhaps I could connect J-Pilot to my Centro using Bluetooth or the Aceeca Palm USB driver package. NetBSD pkgsrc sort of works on Cygwin, and so it might be able to help build J-Pilot and/or any needed dependencies. I’m leaning towards option B, but I’m curious to hear your thoughts on whether options C, D, and/or E might be possible. Perhaps there are also other possible options which I haven’t thought of. Thank you for reading this!