Anyone here have any experience with Cygwin? I would like to know how it compares to Linux. Should I just download a Linux boot disk. I will mainly just play around with Perl and Python.
Cygwin or Linux
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I prefer the real thing (FreeBSD, Linux, etc) to CygWin. From what I hear from some folks there are some gotchas that are very cygwin specific.
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I guess it will be better for you to try the live cd. get more info at DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD., remember, do not get confuse between what is specific and popular. try to check the perl and python sites with distros they are ported to and you can get the files from the download section. this way you will get the latest version or close to. good luck.
I guess it will be better for you to try the live cd. get more info at DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD., remember, do not get confuse between what is specific and popular. try to check the perl and python sites with distros they are ported to and you can get the files from the download section. this way you will get the latest version or close to. good luck.
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if you want to play with linux. A full distro. Unbunto, etc, etc. If you want to write scripts and run some things. You can use CYGWIN. But it lacks alot of stuff.
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Josh
if you want to play with linux. A full distro. Unbunto, etc, etc. If you want to write scripts and run some things. You can use CYGWIN. But it lacks alot of stuff.
later,
Josh
What do you want from a Linux setup ? Don't go by distrowatch or popularity rankings as those change (though Ubuntu has been up there for quite a while).
There will be PERL and PYTHON "packages", though not always the latest and rarely pre-release or betas, available for all of the major distros. Worst case, compile it yourself on *your* machine.
If you want rock-solid stability, go with Debian. Do not go with Debian if you want the latest and greatest and coolest and easy-to-use setups.
There will be PERL and PYTHON "packages", though not always the latest and rarely pre-release or betas, available for all of the major distros. Worst case, compile it yourself on *your* machine.
If you want rock-solid stability, go with Debian. Do not go with Debian if you want the latest and greatest and coolest and easy-to-use setups.
I've used Cygwin in the past, mostly for the Unix like executables (i.e. grep, gcc, etc) and then for CodeBlocks IDE and compiling of postgreSQL on windows. It's really not a replacement for Linux, you will need to re-compile any linux program that you wish to run on it....
For linux, if you don't need a graphical user interface, any old computer will do (i.e. 386/486 w 64MB, 20GB drive, etc).
For linux, if you don't need a graphical user interface, any old computer will do (i.e. 386/486 w 64MB, 20GB drive, etc).
I do a lot of work on linux. Unless you are actually developing software or some sort of server application, I would download Ubuntu. I use it as a desktop OS and it does everything I need. It's based on Debian, so it's very stable and very powerfull. Apt and Aptitude (super cow powers and all) are MUCH better then yast for package managment. 99% of the packages I use are in the repos. That and it has a fairly large driver database, so it will work on a fresh install with most hardware configs. It's the only distro I could get to recognize my wireless adaptor on my laptop out of the box. I tried Suse and Fedora 5, before...both of of which required me to recompile the kernel to get it working.
If you want some more flexibility (and a BEAUTIFUL data recovery tool) download ubuntu and install it to a 20 gig usb flash drive. You can then take your 'computer' and boot it up on any system that supports booting from usb. It gets around limitations with a live CD and lets you have a full working version of linux in your pocket. I have also recovered data from windows machines that were bricks by booting off a linux flash drive and accessing the file system that way.
If you want some more flexibility (and a BEAUTIFUL data recovery tool) download ubuntu and install it to a 20 gig usb flash drive. You can then take your 'computer' and boot it up on any system that supports booting from usb. It gets around limitations with a live CD and lets you have a full working version of linux in your pocket. I have also recovered data from windows machines that were bricks by booting off a linux flash drive and accessing the file system that way.
Finally getting around to this. Just requested Ubuntu CD's. I may download it if I can wake up mid morning "because I use Hughes" so I will not get FAP'ed.
