> OK, I'll drop that off the list. I think it would be better not to require
> CygWin at this point

We dont want to peddle Cygwin as thats emulating *nix on windows, if we 
are going to introducte that we need to just install *nix for them. :)

I made a 10 minut list, and pt the function to the side.  I also added 
some stuff I didnt readily know alternatives to but are poppular tasks.


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MultiMedia
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Audacity (Audio Editing)
CDex (CD Audio Stuff)
VirtualDub (Movie Editing)

Games
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FreeCraft (War Craft Alternative)
ZSNES (Super Nintendo Emulator)
Mame (Arcade Emulator)

Development Tools
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wxWindows
Python
emacs
PHP
Perl


Databases
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Firebird
SAP-DB
MySQL


Utilities
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Ghostscript (PDF Generation)

Networking
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TightVNC (Remote Control)
Apache (Web Server)
PuTTY/WinSCP(FTP/Telnet/SSH/SCP)


Productivity
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OpenOffice (Office tools)
Mozilla (browser, email/news, html editor)



Other Tasks Need Alternatives For
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Unzipping
VCD Making
ICQ/MSN/AIM client
IRC Client (chatzilla maybe?)
Paint Shop Pro (can gimp run w/o cygwin)


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-Derek