From: Robert Oliver <rob@...>
Date: 2006-10-27T06:01:39+09:00
Subject: Re: How do I tell when I'm on Cygwin?

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On 10/26/06, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@cesmail.net> wrote:
>
> 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. :)


I agree.  I don't see what the big thing is against Cygwin.  I did try out
Xming though, and I prefer it over Cygwin for communicating with a remote
Linux machine.  However, Cygwin still fills that need of needing UNIX tools
on Windows, and I can't think of any other solution that works better.

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