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Softonic Rating:
Not bad
License:
Free (GPL)
Added:
January 17, 2006
Updated:
July 4, 2006
Publisher:
Website
File size:
298.50 KB
Downloads:
15,783

“Tools and utilities to emulate Linux in Windows”

Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows. The Cygwin DLL works with all non-beta, non "release candidate", ix86 32 bit versions of Windows since Windows 95, with the exception of Windows CE. It consists of two parts:

  • DLL (cygwin1.dll) which acts as a Linux API emulation layer
  • A collection of tools, which provide Linux look and feel

Languages:

English

Minimum requirements for Cygwin:

  • OS: Win95/98/98SE/Me/2000/NT/XP

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Reviews of Cygwin in other languages

  • Cygwin (Análisis en español)
  • Cygwin (Le test en français)
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