Windows only: If you need your Unix command line on a Windows PC, chances are you use a terminal emulator like Cygwin—and if you do, you want to check out MinTTY. The MinTTY terminal window for Cygwin ...

Windows' built-in command line programs aren't that great on their own. To make them better, we like to use third-party terminal programs, our favorite being the customizable and free Console. Note: ...

At work, I'm restricted to using cygwin on many machines, and I'm getting fed up with using the Windows command terminal. I've grown too used to my xterms and aterms. Is there any replacement for the ...

I've been using cygwin with cmd.exe, and needless to say, its a piece of shit. rxvt comes with cygwin, but it's pretty crappy too. Does anyone know of any decent terminal emulators that I can use with ...

I recently found myself working at a company that uses Windows as the desktop environment. I was used to Linux, however, and wanted to have that on my desktop instead. Should you find yourself, for ...

If you still think that operating systems are tied to hardware, you need to update your thinking; nowadays there are lots of options that let you run one operating system within another or in parallel ...