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So am I understanding this correctly, but this is not a compatibility layer where we can run native linux applications on windows, instead it's like cygwin wher

So am I understanding this correctly, but this is not a compatibility layer where we can run native linux applications on windows, instead it's like cygwin where we can run ported applications, only this one uses pacman for distribution of packages?

cremno 11y ago
Correct. The title is definitely misleading. The linked website doesn't even mention Arch Linux at all.
RayDonnelly 11y ago
Please read the links on the linked to page. MSYS2 is a rolling software distribution providing software built with the mingw-w64 compilers. Some of the software is Cygwin-like, but not much, only enough to distribute (and build) the native (mingw-w64) software and provide a shell.
stuaxo 11y ago
Nope, and apart from virtualisaton there isn't a good story for that. There was LINE which was superceded by CoLinux. However the 64 bit port of CoLinux was never completed.