Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: What Thinkest Thou Of LO Donate Banner? Date: 22 Nov 2025 20:08:25 GMT Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <1864d8e7ae136b94$115$2498948$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <10a4ph3$obcm$2@dont-email.me> <68c5ef9f@news.ausics.net> <10a5sou$1360o$7@dont-email.me> <10fcb5j$3enl$1@dont-email.me> <20251120145948.00000987@gmail.com> <10fo9nn$3a6ib$3@dont-email.me> <20251121143333.00001168@gmail.com> <10fqvko$3f66$1@dont-email.me> <10fsglc$fbb0$2@pothead.dont-email.me> <10fshva$h6kt$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net /RS9HXMRQnLQ0ZyyUaJbbwtWW4BOoZXlDUvgYZMxd6GzAY7ntw Cancel-Lock: sha1:caaUv1nXfYonyC0WNnflwom5W48= sha256:IGkkeMc80aU/7zKTFtUW6Hb/OOitBNiOFv3lEF2rjNE= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:701571 comp.os.linux.misc:77818 On Sat, 22 Nov 2025 14:39:36 +0000, Nuno Silva wrote: > There is also Minimalist GNU for Windows, MinGW, and also the utilities > that come with the MS Windows Services for UNIX. > > Or is this something different? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnxUtils https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GnuWin32 I think GnuWin is what I'm currently using. It's slightly newer but the basic tools haven't seen much modification in years. MinGW is a bit different from Cygwin and focuses more on using gcc and other tools to build native Windows executables rather than creating a Unix environment on Windows. Both share some DNA with DJGPP. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJGPP