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From: | Andrew Schulman <schulman DOT andrew AT epamail DOT epa DOT gov> |
Subject: | Re: The need for cygwin |
Date: | Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:00:49 -0500 |
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> Hi, > I am eager to know the need for cygwin if emulators like VirtualBox, > Bochs IA-32 Emulator , QEMU, Vmware, Hyper-V, XenServer are able to > provide the linux in windows ? > How is cygwin different from those and what are the advantages > provided by cygwin ? Simple: Cygwin provides Linux-like functionality without the need to install software that relies on device drivers or requires administrative rights, or to install and boot a 2nd operating system. Cygwin works within your existing Windows file systems. It is much simpler and requires less resources to open a Cygwin shell than to boot a 2nd operating system. Andrew. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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