Missing Linux apps on Windows

[Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu)]

On Tue, May 12, 2009 15:10, marc wrote:

> On my thumbdrive, I keep directory called /tools, which contains the GNU
> utilities for Windows - plus a few scripts I've built over the years. Any
> time I'm in a Windows-only environment, I dump it to /Prog Files and add
> it to the path. Job done.
>
> (I also keep a git clone of jruby (with my favorite gems) for "real
> world" scripting in that limited Windows environment. Sometimes it pays
> dividends to break out of the packaged/install environment.)

But they are not Windows tools. They are GNU tools recompiled for Windows.