From: tolj@uni-duesseldorf.de (Stipe Tolj) Subject: Re: Linux or Cygwin? 1 Nov 1998 01:14:43 -0800 Message-ID: <363B1BF1.1B6DE9A.cygnus.gnu-win32@uni-duesseldorf.de> References: <01BE03B1.D94931A0@dyn-91.athens.frognet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Ahmad Alsolaim Cc: "Cygwin32 Group (E-mail)" > Hi every one; > I am new to Cygwin and Linux, but I have to work on some Unix based software, which one should I install on my PC Cygwin or Linux? Hi Ahmad, this depends on the tasks you will take on the os, i.e. if your unix software needs a thread-secure environment or contains very system close code you should take Linux. If the software is very portable and you want to use your machine for standard Windows application you could take the upcoming b20 cygwin32. This is my view, no general rule of course. Regards, Stipe -- Stipe Tolj Cygwin32 Porting Project Department of Economical Computer Science University of Cologne, Germany http://www-public.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de/~tolj - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".