Windows for Unixians
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Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird
Firefox/Mozilla work pretty well on Windows. To install it without the Administrator priveleges, take the .zip version, not the Windows installer.
Thunderbird (mail client) is also available.
- Mozilla
- Firefox
- Thunderbird
In some cases Unixians may have to work on Windows environment. This document gives the hints and tips I use when I have to work on Windows. I’m actually using Windows XP but most of the document should be applicable to other Windows versions.
Cygwin
The first thing to do is certainly to install Cygwin, which will give you a shell (bash, zsh, etc.) and a great bundle of free software, such as gcc, emacs, make, cvs, ssh, etc.
- Cygwin homepage
Mingw / msys
Whereas Cygwin emulates an Unix, the Mingw project aims at compiling software under Windows to create native Win32 apps. Thus, mingw software run much faster. The msys package comes with rxvt, which is quite better than the Command window Cygwin uses.
- Mingw homepage
Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird
Firefox/Mozilla work pretty well on Windows. To install it without the Administrator priveleges, take the .zip version, not the Windows installer.
Thunderbird (mail client) is also available.
- Mozilla
- Firefox
- Thunderbird
Shell Enhancer
This soft provides a lot a features to enhance Windows look and feel, among which, the ability to move and resize windows with Alt + Left Button and Alt + Right button, like in X-window!
- Shell Enhancer
Emacs/Xemacs
Emacs Win32 binaries are available. You should generally take the fullbin-i386 tarball.
- Emacs Win32
Microsoft Power Toys
Microsoft provides several free tools, such as virtual desktops and tweakui to gain access to more advanced configuration options.
- Powertoys