From: N8TM AT aol DOT com
Subject: Re: Linux or Cygwin?
31 Oct 1998 17:30:51 -0800
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To: alsolaim AT bobcat DOT ent DOT ohiou DOT edu, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

In a message dated 10/30/98 9:23:25 PM Pacific Standard Time,
alsolaim AT bobcat DOT ent DOT ohiou DOT edu writes:

> Hi every one;
>  I am new to Cygwin and Linux, but I have to work on some Unix based
software,
>  which one should I install on my PC Cygwin or Linux?
>  
>  Thank you ..
>  Ahmad
If you can't decide, set up a dual boot system.  Linux is a more Unix-like
environment and supports more "Unix based" software. cygwin32 is coming along
very well, even to the extent of supporting self-hosting of the egcs-compiler
suite.  The two things I want for software development which work very well in
linux and not at all in cygwin32 are gprof and struct (an old Unix fortran
structuring tool).  X comes automatically with linux; it's still in more of a
developmental phase with cygwin32.  In my experience, for
stability/reliability, linux of course comes first, followed by W9X, with NT
coming in last.
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