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Its been around forever. Its currently called WSL.
You’re correct, it used to be called Cygwin.
It was is a free, open-source collection of Unix-like tools that allowed users to run Linux or Unix applications on Windows.
On Linux they do the same with WOL.
> Its been around forever. Its currently called WSL.
You’re correct, it used to be called Cygwin.
It was is a free, open-source collection of Unix-like tools that allowed users to run Linux or Unix applications on Windows.
On Linux they do the same with WOL.
Cygwin is still out there and free. Its a entirely separate project from WSL/WSU. I used it for a while too. It "mostly worked" but had some really odd quirks. WSL/WSU are fully in-house and supported directly by Microsoft where Cygwin is independent and OSS.
Cygwin is still out there and free. Its a entirely separate project from WSL/WSU. I used it for a while too. It "mostly worked" but had some really odd quirks. WSL/WSU are fully in-house and supported directly by Microsoft where Cygwin is independent and OSS.
Yes, what I meant to say is, before WSL, people had to use Cygwin to run Linux stuff on Windows.
Yes, what I meant to say is, before WSL, people had to use Cygwin to run Linux stuff on Windows.