P punchy71 New Member Dec 7, 2011 #1 Hi all, Can someone please tell me what Cygwin/xFree86 (X Windows) is? Thank you
D Dngrsone VIP Member Dec 7, 2011 #2 Cygwin is a program that emulates (to a limited extent) a Linux environment in a Microsoft Windows OS. XFree86 is the X windows manager used in many Linux distributions and it is also used by Cygwin to give it a 'Linux feel'.
Cygwin is a program that emulates (to a limited extent) a Linux environment in a Microsoft Windows OS. XFree86 is the X windows manager used in many Linux distributions and it is also used by Cygwin to give it a 'Linux feel'.
