Anyone know of a good unix emulator for win98/2k?

[phlashphire]

thanks

 

[kt]

Just get VMware and install full blown Linux distribution on it.

-=kt

 

What do you mean? Do you want to run Unix commands/shell under 2k or run a full blown instance of Unix?

 

[MGMorden]

Get the cygwin environment. That'll give a bash shell, all the GNU compilers, and hence the ability to go from there. With an X11 server for win32 you can even run many Linux/Unix apps that you compile for Windows+Cygwin (and all the exectuables are native win32 format, they just use dll's that let them see a faux-Unix enviroment. this means no insane speed drop like w/ VMWare). It's by far the best "Unix" solution you can get if you want to remain in the Windows world.

Link

 

[KurtisM]

2 Words, Poor you.

 

[phlashphire]

I'm not all that familiar w/ unix yet.
Only purpose I'd use this emu is to setup at work, so I can brush up on unix commands. They don't have linnux setup or ability to telnet out. I visited the cygwin site, I'm not sure if that's the best option for what I'm trying to do. Thanks again for your inputs.

 

[phlashphire]

^
I found this http://junix.kzn.ru/unix/unix.htm, but it doesn't have many of the functionalities.

 

[MGMorden]

Trust me on the cygwin thing man. You wanna learn how to work Unix just download it. Imagine it as a little UNIX that lives inside of windows. You'll get a standard bash prompt, and a simulated UNIX filesystem (you can't even see you windows files from within unix programs. It's fast, compatible, free, and will work JUST like a real unix system.