Missing Linux apps on Windows

[marc]

Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu) said:

> 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.

That's semantics, dude. They work on Windows, so in my book they are 
Windows' tools.

I'm kinda promiscuous that way. Get it where you can.

-- 
Best,
Marc