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Re: [PLUG] The wonders of WinXP [Cygwin]
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> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:11:29 -0500
> From: Andrew Libby <alibby@tangeis.com>
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> Anyone know if it's possible to run Cygwin from a thumb
> drive? I imagine it is. I find windows sanity crushing
> unless I have cygwin installed.
Cygwin kind of bugs me, because it's not-quit-Unix but also
not-quite-Windows. Because Windows native is not usable to anyone
familiar with the GNU Text Utils, I use the UNXUtils instead. They are
awesome, though limited to a subset of tools. Windows native EXEs, not
DLL mess like with Cygwin.
I still write a good number of batch files (yes, I said batch files)
that heavily use UNXUtils and (Active)Perl one-liners. Scary, ain't it!
See:
http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/
http://www.weihenstephan.de/~syring/win32/UnxUtils.html
Later,
JP
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