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Can Windows use a Linux shell instead of cmd?

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Mar 15, 202612085 views
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I was wondering if it is somehow technologically possible for Windows to add some sort of Linux interface? I think it would win over many programmers to develop on Windows. Any ideas on this?

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As well as Cygwin which @ChrisF has mentioned, you can also install a collection of tools ported from Unix that run in a normal Windows environment. Two such examples: GnuWin32 UnxUtils This enables you to be in a Command Prompt and use commands suc…

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