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Cygwin for Windows

  • Free
  • 3.4
    136
  • 226.6K
  • V3.6.2

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

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Icon of program: Cygwin

Cygwin for PC

  • Free
  • 3.4
    136
  • 226.6K
  • V3.6.2

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Cygwin_V3.6.2.exe
SHA256
46993d76d756bde18564f72a4ee07384cd82b447527ca406c8bfc034cb05c664
SHA1
9ebcb13b76cc8e155627f8e7a7865a583b8aecc4

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