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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:53:33 -0400
From: LMH <lmh_users-groups@molconn.com>
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Sorry for the confusion. It is probably better classified as a Linux 
emulator. I think of it more or less as a virtualized OS, but that's not 
exactly right either (I don't think it has it's own kernel, etc).

I meant to make an analogy of the different between installing and 
configuring an OS, and installing/configuring/using applications that 
run on the OS, to point out that the previous post was more like the 
latter. I guess I didn't do that very well.

LMH


Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> On 7/12/2012 5:52 PM, LMH wrote:
>> This is a question for a programming forum, cygwin is an operating
>> system.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Sorry, can't let this one slide in case others stumble across it in the
> archives. Cygwin is not an O/S. From the web site:
>
> Cygwin is:
>
> a collection of tools which provide a Linux look and feel environment
> for Windows.
>
> a DLL (cygwin1.dll) which acts as a Linux API layer providing
> substantial Linux API functionality.
>
> All of that makes Cygwin seem like an O/S sometimes but it's really not
> even close.
>
> But you're right that this list isn't a generic programming forum.
>
>

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