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Windows Services for Unix 3.5 review

Tuesday 13 April 2004, 3:48 PM

Not as comprehensive or useful as cygwin in many circumstances

If you are genuinely moving Unix systems to Linux, then there are some useful features, such as the NFS client. It is a shame that isn't built into the Windows core, but there are obvious reasons why.

Lets be honest though. Most people are migrating from Windows to Linux on servers. In that scenario, and even if migrating from *nix to Windows, there are better alternatives which are also free and deserve a mention.

The first is cygwin, and the second is colinux, which is new but very usable. They both deserve a full review and should be evaluated as better alternatives to SFU. You will probably end up using cygwin and SFU rather than SFU alone, even if just to use X.

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Microsoft's Windows Services for Unix will be most useful if you've already made the decision to switch platforms. This free download will also make life easier for Unix experts who need to use a Windows desktop system.