The Windows Command Prompt certainly isn't the most friendly terminal around, and if you're coming from a UNIX background, it can feel like moving from a Ferrari to Fred Flintstone's car. Luckily, ...

I recently found myself working at a company that uses Windows as the desktop environment. I was used to Linux, however, and wanted to have that on my desktop instead. Should you find yourself, for ...

If you try to install Gnome on your Windows computer running the Linux emulator Cygwin from the Cygwin command line, you will not be able to run the Gnome desktop. Cygwin installs the Linux ...

You can make your life a little easier and more productive by adding some Unix power to your Windows system. For a fairly extensive collection of Unix tools — including most of the essentials like ...

The files were .tar.bz2 files all extracted in the d cygwin directory then untared with the -xf switch.<BR>Any more help available. I thought this may be a good way to learn a little about linux.<P> ...

When I attempt to install Cygwin using "install from local directory" the installer crashes after the "select root install directory". The message is "setup could not continue..."<BR>The Cygwin ...