Windows Services for UNIX: Difference between revisions

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add link for SFU/Interiox packages, add release dates as requested on discussion page, add other free X11 servers to list, add reference for being part of OS releases in future
remove "Insight" debugger reference since SFU doesn't come with it, add mention of the utilities, mention NIS, add "not contain" bit
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SFU contains:
* Over 350 [[Unix]] utilities such as vi, ksh, csh, ls, cat, awk, grep, etc.
* [[GCC]] 3.3 compiler, includes and libraries
* A cc-like wrapper for [[Microsoft Visual Studio]] command-line C/C++ compiler
* [[GDB]] and [[Insight]] debuggersdebugger
* [[Network File System|NFS]] server and client
* aA pcnfsd daemon
* [[X Windows]] tools and libraries
* Tools for making NFS mountpoints appear as Windows shares, and vice-versa (''gateway'' services)
* An [[NIS]] server capability linked with Active Directory (AD)
* someSome Windows/Unix authentication information synchronization tools
 
SFU does not contain (but binaries are available for a separate installation[http://www.interopsystems.com/tools/warehouse.htm]):
* bash, OpenSSH, sudo, CVS, ClamAV, bzip2, gmake, curl, emacs, Apache, XView, ruby, Tcl, Python
 
Although [[X Windows]] client libraries and applications are provided, SFU does not contain a native [[X server]]. A number of third party X servers can be used including [[WRQ]]'s [[Reflection X]] or [[Hummingbird]]'s [[Exceed]]. In addition, StarNet provides a free [http://www.starnet.com/xwin32LX/get_xwin32LX.htm Win32 X Server] designed specifically for local X applications on Windows. Several [[Free software|free software]] X11 Server implementations are available from [[X/Cygwin]], [http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Xming Xming] and [http://www.pexus.com/ X-Deep/32].