[dayglored]

> You can create a Linux-like environment running as an application on a Windows system by installing Cygwin. You can set up telnet access, use most Linux commands, etc. Cygwin: don't leave /home without it.

Cygwin's cool, I use it daily on my Windows boxes. But it ain't the same as a virtual machine, by any stretch of the imagination.

[MarkL]

You can create a Linux-like environment running as an application on a Windows system by installing Cygwin. You can set up telnet access, use most Linux commands, etc. Cygwin: don't leave /home without it.

Cygwin's cool, I use it daily on my Windows boxes. But it ain't the same as a virtual machine, by any stretch of the imagination.

Exactly. While I do have Cygwin installed on this WinXP box, I'm also running a Windows 2000 Server, Suse Linux Enterprise Server, and NetWare 6.0 at the same time, on this very box...

Mark