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  • noun computing a UNIX-like environment for Microsoft Windows

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Examples

  • That means that if your code links against the cygwin dll (and if your program is calling functions from Cygwin, it must, as a matter of fact, be linked against it), you must apply the GPL to your source as well.

    Netvouz - new bookmarks 2009

  • We're getting close to putting out the next major release of Hercules, with lots of improvements and bugfixes, including getting completely rid of the abortion known as Cygwin and being able to reliably and accurate emulate multiprocessor mainframes on multiprocessor host computers.

    December 4th, 2005 2005

  • There is only one recommended way to install Cygwin, which is to use the GUI installer

    Netvouz - new bookmarks 2009

  • That means Mac OS X and most Linux users can download and run it off the bat, and Windows users can grab all their cloud documents using Cygwin.

    Grab All Your Google Docs With A Python Script | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • The uninstall directions from Cygwin told me to stop any services I had installed, but I hadn't installed anything as far I can tell, I just had a folder full of small applications.

    Mysterious Key Event solved joshenglish 2009

  • It turns out the culprit was my installation of Cygwin, which I had installed to get access to an xslt program so I could turn docbook files into chm files for my help system.

    Mysterious Key Event solved joshenglish 2009

  • Keep in mind that even if you use UltraVNC with the encryption plugin, your password is sent unencrypted, so it's safest to run VNC through an SSH tunnel (requires complicated Cygwin or slightly less complicated CopSSH on Windows as well as a portable version of PuTTY on your thumb drive) or a VPN like Hamachi.

    Turn Thumb Drives Into Feature-Packed Giveaway Drives | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • While Terminal. app offers these Unix command line tools built into OS X, Cygwin can give it to you on Windows.

    The Lifehacker Editors’ Favourite Software and Hardware | Lifehacker Australia 2008

  • As shown in our guide to plain text calendar management, Remind is based on an old Unix tool, so Linux, OS X, and Windows users (using Cygwin) have equal access to it.

    Top 10 Calendar Tricks | Lifehacker Australia 2008

  • Other home servers you can set up yourself include a home web server with Apache, a home SSH server with Cygwin and a home VNC server to remote control your computer.

    Build a Home FTP Server with FileZilla | Lifehacker Australia 2008

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