Cygwin 1.5.3-1 - A UNIX-like environment for Win32

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Subject: Cygwin 1.5.3-1 - A UNIX-like environment for Win32.

About:
Cygwin is a DLL which provides a Unix emulation environment for Windows.
The Cygwin environment provides a complete port of such development
utilities as gcc, binutils, gdb, make, etc., as well as a number of useful
utilities.

Changes:
Support has been added for 64-bit file I/O and 32 bit UID and GIDs.
Networking problems and problems with malloc of large objects have been
fixed. There is improved signal handling, and many other bugfixes.

Release focus: Major feature enhancements
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/cygwin/
Mirror site: http://freshmeat.net/redir/cygwin/1662/url_mirror/mirrors.html

Regards
Gordon
 
Subject: Cygwin 1.5.3-1 - A UNIX-like environment for Win32.
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I've looked at this program before and, like all programming
languages, it was . . obfuscatory. I don't think it can actually run
Linux, or even Unix, programs though. Is this right? It's just a dll
with a few of the more common utilities ported to win32?

What would be great would be to have the ability to use some of the
freeware Linux software out there in the windows environment.
Something like WINE, which Cygwin is not.
 
I've looked at this program before and, like all programming
languages, it was . . obfuscatory.
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That's right :)
I don't think it can actually run
Linux, or even Unix, programs though. Is this right?
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No, it's not right.
If you install the cygwin *environment* you can install,
compile, run most every unix program.
Some need a bit of tweaking, some just run OOTB.
It's just a dll
with a few of the more common utilities ported to win32?
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If you just use the dll, which is only the kernel equivalent
inside the *environment* then it is right that only the specifically
compiled to use this dll Win32 progs will run (for instance cdrrecord)
What would be great would be to have the ability to use some of the
freeware Linux software out there in the windows environment.
Something like WINE, which Cygwin is not.
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And yes, you can do it with the cygwin environment,
go to the site, use the Setup, install, run and applause :)
 
I don't think it can actually run
Linux, or even Unix, programs though. Is this right? It's just a dll
with a few of the more common utilities ported to win32?
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Well there is some stuff ported for it. I mostly use it to provide an X
server. The programmes run elsewhere and throw the display back to my PC.
 
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