> On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 7:26 PM, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> we are all finished importing the VM repository to Github, migrating the
>> scripts, and setting up automatic builds and hosting of binaries.  We want
>> to switch over from SVN tomorrow morning at 7am UTC. At that point, Tim and
>> Fabio will merge any remaining commits on the SVN repository between now and
>> that time and any further development will take place on Github.  If
>> possible, you may refrain from committing to SVN, as this will mean less
>> work for Tim and Fabio.
>>
>> The new repository is at https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/vm. The Cog
>> branch is the new default branch and is still called Cog, this is the main
>> focus of development. The old trunk branch has been renamed to "oldTrunk".
>> The master branch will track the Cog branch and will be the repository
>> integrated into for releases.
>>
>> To get started, please refer to the updated README that is shown on the
>> Github page.
>>
>> _,,,^..^,,,_
>> best, Eliot, Tim & Fabio


> On Jun 17, 2016, at 6:22 AM, karl ramberg <karlramberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> Will Win x64 VM be built also ?


On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 10:17 PM, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Karl,
> Not yet.  No one has done the work to produce this.  And because Microsoft
> in their infinite wisdom have chosen to make sizeof(long) = 4 in their
> 64-bit model, not 8 as everyone else has, means that we will have
> significant problems generating sources that will work.


Hi Karl,

In the meantime, though highly experimental and likely to fail,
maybe you'd like to try a Linux x86 VM for Unbuntu On Windows...
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-au/commandline/wsl/about

Running GUI apps..
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3055403/windows/windows-10s-bash-shell-can-run-graphical-linux-applications-with-this-trick.html

Some benchmarks...
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=windows-10-lxcore&num=1

cheers -ben