Getting Your Feet Wet

[David Dudek]

I'm also a big fan of Cygwin.

http://www.cygwin.com/

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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
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> 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.
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> GNU Win II <http://gnuwin.epfl.ch/articles/en/index.html>
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> 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:
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>         Q5: Why GNUWin II and not GNUWin 98 ?
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> 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" !
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> 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
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> Netscape 7.0 on Win 98 SE
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