On 9/4/05, Robert Klemme <bob.news / gmx.net> wrote:
> Gaston Garcia <gaston.garcia / gmail.com> wrote:
> > Is there anyone here that uses Windows XP and uses a windows shell
> > replacement? Which is a good alternative?
> If you mean the command line shell: cygwin - there's even a Ruby package
> that you can install.

That's not a good replacement. It's substandard, at best.

Frankly, cmd.exe is a lot better than most people think that it is.
I've never needed anything else, and prefer using cmd.exe than
cygwin/bash on Windows.

Cygwin is a wholly unacceptable answer for a variety of reasons, but
mostly because it tries to impose a totally different way of thinking
on a system that doesn't map well that way.

-austin
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