[ILUG-Social] cygwin [was Windows - grrrr!!! ]

[Justin Mason]

"Guest, Ken" said:

> #While we're on this subject, lemme recommend CygWin, Cygnus' 
> #build of the
> #GNU tools for Win32.  An absolute must for any UNIX user who 
> #has to do the
> #occasional Win32 work.   Really excellent when teamed with rxvt, too,
> 
> how big a download is it?

Absolutely huge -- > 4m, if I recall correctly... can't tell easily though
as it now uses a (hack spit) active-installer-style incremental
installation system.

	http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/

--j.