[Pc_Support] Re: Is Cygwin still available FREE from RedHat ....

[Bryan J. Smith]

[ FYI, one of the _main_ reasons we created the PC_Support
list from LEAP was because of Windows-centric questions like
Cygwin.  As such, I've CC'd PC_Support _instead_ of LEAP. ]

"William A. Mahaffey III" <wam at HiWAAY.net> wrote:
> .... or anyone else for that matter ? If so, what version
> are they up to ? TIA

Yes -- http://www.cygwin.com

They've added a full X server, "seemless Windows"
(Citrix-type terminology ;-) support and even XDMCP logins
too.

Remember, Cygwin is all about the DLL (which is GPL, not
LGPL, FYI ;-) that makes it cake to port most applications
from Linux.

If you want a "more Windows native" porting environment that
requires more Windows consideration at the source code, then
consider MinGW instead:  
  http://www.mingw.org/  

When I need a Linux subsystem on Windows, I use Cygwin.  When
I want to develop GNU/POSIX applications on Windows, I use
MinGW.



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