Getting Your Feet Wet

Joshua Altemoos joshua at navyjosh.us
Sun Jun 1 17:39:17 EDT 2003


what does cygwin do?


Quoting David Dudek <dudek at buffalo.edu>:

> I'm also a big fan of Cygwin.
> 
> http://www.cygwin.com/
> 
> -- 
> David Thomas Dudek     http://www.buffalo.edu/~dudek/
> 
> On Sat, 31 May 2003, green_man wrote:
> 
> > Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 10:45:46 -0400
> > From: green_man <green_man at bluefrog.biz>
> > Reply-To: nflug at nflug.org
> > To: NFLUG <nflug at nflug.org>
> > Subject: Getting Your Feet Wet
> >
> > Check this.  I found it on a link from KMFMS.
> > It's a CD of Linux applications that you can run from inside windows, in
> > order to help you realize that you don't need M$ to do the things you
> > want to do.
> > Take a look at the software list, it's quite substantial - everything
> > from games to development and server apps.
> >
> > GNU Win II <http://gnuwin.epfl.ch/articles/en/index.html>
> >
> > I think we should put a link to it  on the NFLUG site, in order to help
> > further the OSS/Linux cause.
> >
> > I especially like this, from the Q&A page:
> >
> >
> >         Q5: Why GNUWin II and not GNUWin 98 ?
> >
> > R5: Because GNUWin-II is the second version. The first one can be seen
> > here <http://mapc77.epfl.ch/gnu-generation/CD/gnuwin.html>.
> > GNUWin is not a Microsoft product, and we do not count "3.1, 3.11, 95,
> > 98, 2000" !
> >
> > Regarding "free" software, both in the "costless" and "readily
> > accessible" contexts, I have Quake III Arena for Linux, brand new, still
> > sealed in the tin.
> > It cost me $20, but if can get it running, or any  one can help get it
> > running, I will gladly burn a copy for anybody that wants one, once I
> > get my cd burner.
> >
> > --
> > Life is good when you're safely behind the times.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > Netscape 7.0 on Win 98 SE
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 






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