From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2006-10-27T03:08:52+09:00
Subject: Re: How do I tell when I'm on Cygwin?

Chris Lowis wrote:
> Austin Ziegler wrote:
>> (I don't know; I stopped using Cygwin as soon as I
>> found more useful tools that didn't require the whole bloody
>> framework).
> 
> Slightly off-topic, but I'd be really interested to hear of your 
> alternatives to Cygwin. Having to install the whole cygwin framework is 
> a pain, but I do like having ruby, irb, openssh, latex, and all the 
> usual GNU tools available through a _bash_ shell on Windows.
> 
> Do you have this kind of setup ? How do you achieve it ? With MS 
> Services for UNIX ?
> 
> Chris
> 

Well, you don't "have to install the whole cygwin framework" to get
"ruby, irb, openssh, latex ...". I actually went through a mini-install
the other day. First you do the "default", then install "ruby" and
"openssh". I'm not sure about latex; I installed LyX and TeXmacs, which
bring the whole TeX toolchain in as a dependency.

The "GNU tools", like the compilers, can be found in the "Development"
section. I gave up hunt and peck and just pulled in all of "Development".

I am, however, a big CygWin fan. It makes working on a Windows machine
tolerable for me. I've been a UNIX hacker since 1985, though, so there's
a tad over two decades of muscle memory involved in my choice. So I just
install the whole thing anyway at work. :)