Paul Cartwright wrote:
On Tue February 28 2006 7:30 am, James Knott wrote:
Randall R Schulz wrote:
Cygwin is quite good and the only way to make Windows usable to those of the Unix / Linux ilk such as myself. I immediately install it on every Windows computer I must use on an ongoing basis. I installed Cygwin/x on the "evil" side of my ThinkPad. It's a strange feeling to be able to instantly switch between Windows and Linux desktops. ;-)
and cygwin has been downloading.... and running... and installing... now, for TWO HOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'd imagine this would take a week or so over dialup! all I did was take the defaults.
What do you have for an internet connection? When I installed, it took a few minutes. I have a 5 Mb/s cable modem.