Re: Need Windows under Linux?

When I need a Linux-like environment under windows, I just use Cygwin
(http://www.cygwin.com). It's a standard GNU toolchain with the standard
bash shell and toolchain. You can even run X Window *natively*. The
advantaqe to this is that none of your code is emulated; they run as
native
binaries right under Win32 (there is a Posix-layer DLL/runtime if you want
to run as a "real" posix binary).

Well it may not be emulated, but it can be slow. I think the posix layer
slows things up. Never tried running X Window though, just bash.

Oliver Townshend


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