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Updated for Beta-1.0
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serialphotog committed Jul 12, 2016
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## Setting things up

To get started, you will need to [download and run the Winbuntu Cygwin Installer](http://www.hackeradam17.com/download-winbuntu/). This is just a simple Windows installer that sets up the minimum Cygwin configuration required to run our GUI. You can find the source for the Installer [here](https://github.com/serialphotog/winbuntu-cygwin-installer).
To get started, you will need to [download and run the Winbuntu Installer](http://www.hackeradam17.com/download-winbuntu/). This is just a simple Windows installer that sets up Xming and install the Winbuntu files.

For this to be at all useful, you will need a git repository with your dotfiles and install scripts. You can [use mine](https://github.com/serialphotog/winbuntu-config) to help get you started. There are 3 things this is used for:

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* **workingDir** You probably won't need to change this, but this is where Winbuntu clones your git repository to
* **guiCommand** This is the command Winbuntu uses to start the Linux GUI on our X server.

# Current Issues
# Changes in Beta-1.0

The only issues I am aware of thus far are with trying to run certain Linux GUIs, specifically the big desktop environments (like XFCE and Gnome). The problem is the lack of D-bus. So far I have not been able to find a successful way to run a D-bus daemon between the Linux system and the X server.
The Beta-1.0 release of Winbuntu makes quite a few chagnes.

* We now use Xming instead of a Cygwin install. This is a much more streamlined approach, which takes up quite a bit less space on disk.
* We now use a new install, which does the work of install Xming and the Winbuntu system for you.
* We now have a fix for dbus. Launching your Winbuntu environment will automatically apply the fix for you. This allows us to run a lot more apps, including some larger desktop environments (XFCE is confirmed to run)
* Winbuntu is officially liscensed under the [GPL V2](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.en.html)
* The old Winbuntu Cygwin Installer has been deprecated.

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