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Re: This is the first
- From: Alexander Gottwald <alexander dot gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 16:04:20 +0200 (MEST)
- Subject: Re: This is the first
- References: <4293228A.1060904@earthlink.net>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Tue, 24 May 2005, Jacquelyn Stevens wrote:
> *This is the first I have heard of this product . . I have heard of
> Win4Lin as a way of running windows junk on Linux by not you people . .
> So is this a total O/S by its self or something to add to linux and then
> run windows junk as from what I was reading on the site . . It seems to
> be something to add to Linux . .
Cygwin/X is an xserver (like XFree or Xorg) which runs on windows and
can display unix programs. Cygwin itself is a library for porting unix
programs to windows.
bye
ago
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