Comments on: Gnu For Windows http://deftflux.com/2008/10/02/gnu-for-windows/ recycling truckloads of electrons daily Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:35:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Hoss http://deftflux.com/2008/10/02/gnu-for-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Hoss Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:35:13 +0000 http://deftflux.com/?p=4#comment-3 GNU tools for Windows is nice, but once you get that far, you may as well go the distance and install Cygwin. Use real bash, openssh and even an X server for running GUI software on remote computers (great for installing Oracle on a server without physical access). Most standard Linux utilities are available for Cygwin, and its installation size is not terrifically large, especially if you only want to run a few simple utilities. http://www.cygwin.org/cygwin/ GNU tools for Windows is nice, but once you get that far, you may as well go the distance and install Cygwin. Use real bash, openssh and even an X server for running GUI software on remote computers (great for installing Oracle on a server without physical access). Most standard Linux utilities are available for Cygwin, and its installation size is not terrifically large, especially if you only want to run a few simple utilities.

http://www.cygwin.org/cygwin/

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