If you use the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system on the computers at your business and need to run Linux or BSD programs on them, you can use Cygwin, a Linux-like environment for Windows computers.

Here's hoping to find a genius out there because so far no web site or mailing list could help me solve this problem.<BR><BR>Problem:<BR><BR>I double-click on the Cygwin icon and ...

The Windows Command Prompt certainly isn't the most friendly terminal around, and if you're coming from a UNIX background, it can feel like moving from a Ferrari to Fred Flintstone's car. Luckily, ...

I've got cygwin set up on my Windows based HTPC and have sshd running, port 22 open for local traffic only (not open on the router, just Windows Firewall). It's completing the connection, but ...

I recently found myself working at a company that uses Windows as the desktop environment. I was used to Linux, however, and wanted to have that on my desktop instead. Should you find yourself, for ...

If you still think that operating systems are tied to hardware, you need to update your thinking; nowadays there are lots of options that let you run one operating system within another or in parallel ...