It's time for a change.

Okay, so I've been trying all sorts of different bits of software to get a working development environment using open-source tools.

I've finally settled on a mix of a few tools. If you're going to do this, then I suggest you install them in this order:

• MinGW(Debugger download is seperate)
  
• wxWidgets
• Code::Blocks

This results in a nice stable C++ development environment which is extensible with other plugins. Code::Blocks does require a little bit of tinkering with to get all the include libraries to link in, but once it's done you can develop cross platform applications.