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On 6/19/2024 2:06 PM, Jens Staal via Cygwin wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I recently read the Wikipedia article on alternative shells in Windows.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_shells_for_Windows
> 
> And it got me wondering: can you start a DE or WM running under Cygwin/X as
> an alternative Windows shell?

If WM mean window manager, then yes.  I use bash as my shell all the time.
Not sure what you mean by DE ...

Still, CMD and PowerShell have their uses sometimes, and WSL is also useful
in addition to Cygwin and virtual machines such as Hyper-V or VirtualBox.

Best - Eliot Moss


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