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

[William A. Mahaffey III]

Bryan J. Smith wrote:

>[ 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:
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>>.... or anyone else for that matter ? If so, what version
>>are they up to ? TIA
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>Yes -- http://www.cygwin.com
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>They've added a full X server, "seemless Windows"
>(Citrix-type terminology ;-) support and even XDMCP logins
>too.
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>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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Thanks, I went to www.redhat.com & poked around there, but couldn't find 
any free downloads .... clear why now :-). I have & use an older 
version, and am probably going to update that box (GTW WIN2K) to WinXP 
2003 in the near future, & figured I'd update cygwin along with it. 
Thanks again.

-- 
	William A. Mahaffey III

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