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RE: cygwin maximum capacity -> cygwin <=> linux
- From: Jörg Schaible <Joerg dot Schaible at Elsag-Solutions dot com>
- To: "karthik bala guru" <bluekarthik at yahoo dot com>, <cygwin at cygwin dot com>, "Jim Ramberg" <ramberg at yahoo dot com>
- Cc: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 17:10:17 +0200
- Subject: RE: cygwin maximum capacity -> cygwin <=> linux
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
karthik bala guru wrote on Thursday, July 22, 2004 4:57 PM:
> Can Cygwin have all the normal linux has ?
> what is the percentage by which cygwin is nearer
> to linux ? what are those that cant be provided
> by cygwin.
Define "normal Linux"!
No, Cygwin won't have a kernel and will not have XFS, JFS, ext2/3, ReiserFS support nor elf support. In case of normal applications it is up to the number of volunteers maintaining packages. So, if you miss something, it is you who can change it :)
-- Jörg
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