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Cygwin

If you want to use Linux but are stuck with a MS-Windows box, download and install Cygwin and while you're at it, also download and install Xming and PuTTY

Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for MS-Windows.

Xming is the leading free unlimited X Window server for MS-Windows.

PuTTY is a MS-Windows client program for the SSH, Telnet and Rlogin network protocols.

After installing Cygwin, all your favorite Linux apps can be run straight out of a DOS box; even bash and all your favorite daemons like SSH, Apache, etc. That's because everything has been ported to win32. It ain't Linux, but it ain't bad.

Last revised Fri, 25 May 2007 10:03:12 -0400