If you still think that operating systems are tied to hardware, you need to update your thinking; nowadays there are lots of options that let you run one operating system within another or in parallel ...

The Cygwin program allows you to run Linux-based binary files on your Windows computer. Through this, you can access a Linux file system, Linux applications and Linux security software related to your ...

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 ...

After reading a tread the other day on here, I installed cygwin/Xfree86 combo on some NT machines. (Someone needed an Xserver on NT for a few days (So we didn't want to shell out any money), how ...

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 ...

Our models are mostly based on standard Linux tools, so if you use Ubuntu (or other Linux) you should have most of the tools by default. In some cases you need to install extra packages using package ...

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 ...