cygwin
A kludge used to make the best software from *nix and make it work in insecure, unstable environments (windows), using a method proven to create instability (DLLs).
Cygwin can be used to instantly remove all stability from any formerly secure/stable *nix program.
cygwin
A set of Unix utilities ported to Windows.
See redhat.
See redhat.
Windows XP with cygwin is just as good as any Linux distro.