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Linux has WINE to run Windows apps on Linux, I wonder if this works the other way around too.
Sure, I could download source packages and try a manual compile, but that's complicated and often requires libraries I can't find.
Some people told my Cygwin is a good idea to run apps from. However, I have yet to be presented with a compelling usercase.
Installing all of Cygwin just to do "ls -la" every now and then isn't exactly reason enough for me to do it.
Can anyone give a concrete example of a piece of software they are now using on windows because of cygwin?
Have you tried the win32 UnixUtils aka http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ --I haven't used it in years, but I remember it saved the bacon a few times to be able to run wget.
– MarkHu – 2016-02-06T09:02:04.017