Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Windows Linux-style interface

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Ross, Matt wrote:

> I have a friend seeking a program called "Cygwin" or "CGWin", he's not
> sure which.  It supposedly gives the windows user an optional Linux
> CLI that he feels would help him 'ease' into linux.  Anybody know
> anything about this prog?

Yes, it's Cygwin:

http://cygwin.com/

I downloaded it for free, also downloaded tcsh (which I'm used to) and I
*really* liked it. It beats the snot out of using the dos prompt.  This
reminds me that I have to put it on my new Win box.  In case you're
interested, I think I got the tcsh from here:

http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2001/msg00017.html

The only thing I didn't like was the case sensitivity for filenames in
tcsh under Cygwin.  It couldn't be turned off.  It's a little annoying
because Windows doesn't really care about case (e.g., you can't have a
file named 'bob' in the same directory with a file named 'Bob' or 'BOB')
even though it somehow assigns cases to characters in filenames.

Regards,

Mike

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