This is misleading at best. cygwin is not a Linux emulator. It will
not run Linux executables and there are many programs that will not
compile even though they run fine on a real Linux system. The Linux
kernel comes to mind, you can't use a native Linux kernel under Cygwin.
It simulates functions found in *nix-like operating systems through a
dll but it is not true to say that it is an emulator. This is not to
say that it doesn't work as I use lynx under Cygwin often, but if you
really want the full Linux experience, Cygwin is nowhere close.
Lee Maschmeyer wrote:
There is a Linux emulator you can run under Windows. I guess there are
several but the one I'm familiar with is cygwin (www.cygwin.com). If
you have a couple GB of free disk space you can install everything; it
provides a pretty good system - slower than real Linux but usable.
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