All About Linux: UWIN–Unix for Windows

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 18, 2006

“There are times when you are forced to use a Windows machine
and there is no way of getting your hands on a PC running Linux.
This situation is common if your office PCs all run windows and the
company policy forbids you from installing an alternate OS on it.
And you feel your productivity is severely hampered because certain
tasks–which could easily be accomplished using the plethora of
command line tools in Linux–do not have an easy solution in
Windows.

“This is where UWIN comes into the picture. UWIN or Unix for
WINdows, is developed and released by AT&T Laboratories and
David Korn–the creator of Korn shell…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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