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Remo.D:
Someone already mentioned CoLinux, I personally use  Topologilinux (http://topologilinux.com) that is a Slackware distribution modified to use coLinux as kernel.

It's easy to setup and much faster than a full virtualization solution (I've tried both VMWare and MS Virtual PC solution before). Probably the easises option is to do a full install and remove packages you won't use afterward.

Network configuration may take a while, you have to follow the instructions carefully. To allow the linux box to access the internet, in the end, I opted for a proxy server on the WinXP side, grouping network interfaces and sharing the Internet connection produced erratic behaviours on my set up. Since I only needed svn and Firefox to work, it's ok for me.

Once started, you can acces the linux box via ssh (I also have msys/mingw on the WinXP side) or via VNC for the X session (vnc will be instaled and configured by Topologilunx). I'm using XFCE as windows manager for performance reason, you may opt for a different wm depending on how much powerful your PC is).

Hope it helps

Remo.D

Remo.D:
Ops. I missed the script part :)

I'm using Lua (http://www.lua.org) more and more. It's small, fast, easy to interface to C and C++, easy to extend, has good community support, full ANSI C (has been ported over a huge number of platforms, including mobiles and gaming consoles). ...

It might not entirely suit you since Unicode is not directly supported but I've seen UTF-8 packages so it should be possible to adapt to your needs.

I would suggest you to just have a look.

Remo.D

nibicas:
Thank you, guys, for your time and suggestions.

I will (continue to) look at the various options and as soon as I have something running, I will post it here...

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