On: Why Linux Succeeded

[le-mark]

I’m curious why Cygwin usually/always gets left out here, it’s been pretty damn good for a long time.

[worewood → le-mark]

Cygwin is Awesome. It feels just like I'm in a VM but not a VM? And as it does not require admin rights, it doesn't need IT department blessing unlike WSL.

[pjmlp → le-mark]

Because it always provided a half way experience outside of Windows itself, instead of embracing the whole platform.

[dredmorbius → le-mark]

Cygwin (which is in fact excellent) was only one of numerous Unix-on-Windows toolkits. Others included MKS Toolkit (from Mortice Kerns Systems) and UWin (from AT&T / David Korn, of Korn Shell fame).