From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2005-11-22T09:11:28+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Trying to change my OS from Windows to Linux/Mac

On 11/21/05, Jacob Quinn Shenker <jqshenker@gmail.com> wrote:
> Forgot to add:
> If you want *nix tools on a Windows box, cygwin is quite good. I used
> it in my "transitioning" phase, so I could learn *nix while still
> retaining the familiar yet ugly Windows desktop :)

Before this thread alerts Austin, I should mention that not everyone
really believes in cygwin as being a good transitional phase system,
as it has a lot of problems with it.

I myself install MSys and MinGW on windows boxes just to get me *nix
style commands, but if you are seriously planning on transitioning to
Linux and want to play around with it first, try one of the live
distros such as Knoppix or the Ubuntu live CD, or use a shell account.

You won't get the 'real' feel for things unless you do this.