On 06/23/2009 02:54 PM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> There are a couple of other options if you are stuck with a Windows
> host. Cygwin is my first choice for a Unix environment on Windows.
> Another is coLinux with Cygwin/X.
>
Why do you prefer Cygwin or coLinux over using a virtual machine
(assuming a reasonably powerful computer). Certainly, Cygwin has come a
long way over the past several years as has Linux and FreeBSD. But, with
KVM, Xen, VirtualBox, and VMWare available I would probably want a real
OS rather than an environment, but I have not used Cygwin for a few
years, and only used it on my wife's machine and in the office where all
I had was Windows. One advantage of Cygwin might be that you can use it
to ssh into a Linux/Unix system as an alternative to Exceed.
Actually, Cygwin and other Unix/Linux environments that run under
Windows could be a reasonable topic for a future meeting. Or more
general topic on Unix/Linus environments for Windows, possibly including
VMs.
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