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Unix on Windows Desktop

Hi,

I want to practice unix commands and run some test shell script programs on my windows vista desktop. I dont want to install entire unix/linux on my PC. Is there any good website or application available for this purpose?

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Miguel Angel Perez Muñoz

Try cygwin: http://www.cygwin.com/

Guy Hengel [angelIII / a3]

I would recomment checking out VMware ... you could install the *nix OS in a virtual machine, copy it once installed, and then play with it with 0 risk

Pra Sys

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I tried installing cygwin but it aborts in the middle of installtion. Anybody has any idea how to complete installation?

Where can I find VMWare install? What flavour of Unix should I install?

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Miguel Angel Perez Muñoz

Try running setup running with privileges. Setup only extract files over one folder and create a bat file.

farzanj

You can use VMWare player and install CentOS 6 or Fedora 17 on it. All of these are free to download

http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora
http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=15

BTW, in Linux install it is not all or nothing. You can pick the least number of packages and still you will be able to work with the shell that you want and the install size will be minimal. Plus you will be able to work with Windows and Linux simultaneously.

Lee W, MVP

It's kinda half-baked to practice linux on Windows these days UNLESS you run it in a VM. Virtual PC, VMWare Player, Virtual Box should all allow you to install Linux - a REAL linux install - on your machine without giving up Windows.

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GeertJon