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I admit that I am a bit lost as to the value of this endeavour, or Cygwin for that matter, in an era where just about all commodity hardware can sustain virtual
by abalashov 12y ago
I admit that I am a bit lost as to the value of this endeavour, or Cygwin for that matter, in an era where just about all commodity hardware can sustain virtualisation.
I used to have the problem of my dayjob requiring me to run Windows and use Outlook/Exchange, and Cygwin was a useful means of coping with that. But that was back in 2006. Now, it seems to me one should just fire up a Linux VM in VirtualBox, full-screen it, and pretend the encapsulating Windows doesn't exist.
- vectorpush 12y agoor Cygwin for that matter, in an era where just about all commodity hardware can sustain virtualisation. I use cygwin primarily as an ssh client for my local linux VMs. My IDE is vim/tmux/zsh, and I've found ssh via cygwin provides an experience that closely resembles gnome-terminal in appearance and behavior (gnome-terminal being the best terminal emulator around IMHO)
- Scarbutt 12y agoseems overkill, wouldn't just putty do in your case?
- vectorpush 12y agoAs I said, I prefer cygwin's look and feel to the alternatives. Also, cygwin supports transparent windows out of the box. I don't think it's overkill at all, the only package you need is ssh, everything else lives in the VM.