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Re: OT:Unix for windows (CYGWIN)
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Keith Hopkins <[log in to unmask]>
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Keith Hopkins <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 20 Jun 2002 10:59:55 +0900
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Olav Kappert wrote:
> Fellow list members:
>
> Does anyone have first hand knowledge of a product called CYGWIN?  Its a UNIX
> (posix) for windows environment.
>
> What is it like ? Opinions ?
>

I Love it!  Download it and see for yourself - http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin

I'm traveling in Korea for business, and the hotel I'm at has Winbloze98 PCs in the rooms and free high speed net access.
I dropped Cygwin and Mozilla on the box, and it makes working on my systems at home (Linux) very easy.
The latest version includes a port of XFree86-4.2.x.  That's right, X-windows under MS-windows.  Not quite a ReflectionX/Hummingbird replacement yet, but getting there.

--Keith

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