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On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:42:00 -0600, Peter da Silva <peter@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> I think you can still get SFU 3.5 from Microsoft.
>
> Just install the "Interix" component.
If I may believe http://www.interix.com/ Interix is not *FREE*
Worse, all the useful parts have to be bought separate.
* Their forum based support sucks.
* No easy downloads
* no easy upgrades
Cygwin sucks in their own league, but at least it offers full development,
full X11 server and client, and all major open source projects.
> It's not as linuxy as cygwin. You may have to work a bit harder getting
> "portable means it works on Red Hat 6 *and* Red Hat 7" software
> working. But it has the great advantage that it actually works.
Never came that far. Stopped screaming way before I had everything in its
place. (BTW that system is dead and buried now, so I cannot check exactly
what was installed and where it came from)
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