From: Brian Inglis Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 02:53:35 +0000 (-0600) Subject: winsup/doc/faq-what.xml: FAQ 1.2 Windows versions supported X-Git-Tag: newlib-4.0.0~94 X-Git-Url: https://sourceware.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=749cbccc55146bdf65a50b71267a16f5bd180334;p=newlib-cygwin.git winsup/doc/faq-what.xml: FAQ 1.2 Windows versions supported enumerate Vista, 7, 8, 10 progression to be clear, and earliest server 2008; add 8.1, exclude S mode, add Cygwin32 on ARM, specify 64 bit only AMD/Intel --- diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-what.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-what.xml index ea8496ccb..77ba1c5fd 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-what.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-what.xml @@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ They can be used from one of the provided Unix shells like bash, tcsh or zsh. What versions of Windows are supported? -Cygwin can be expected to run on all modern, released versions of Windows. -State January 2016 this includes Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and all -later versions of Windows up to Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016. +Cygwin can be expected to run on all modern, released versions of Windows, +from Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, Windows Server 2008 and all +later versions of Windows, except Windows S mode due to its limitations. The 32 bit version of Cygwin also runs in the WOW64 32 bit environment on -released 64 bit versions of Windows, the 64 bit version of course only on -64 bit Windows. +released 64 bit versions of Windows including ARM PCs, +the 64 bit version of course only on 64 bit AMD/Intel compatible PCs. Keep in mind that Cygwin can only do as much as the underlying OS supports. Because of this, Cygwin will behave differently, and