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MinC Is Not Cygwin

Published on: 2025-05-03 15:21:57

MinC is a tiny kernel which runs on Windows. The rest of the software was taken verbatim from OpenBSD, version 6.1. This means that by installing MinC, you run OpenBSD on your Windows machine at native speed. Welcome to the MinC home page. MinC is a Unix emulator for Windows, based on the OpenBSD operating system. MinC was written to help children at vocational education learn Linux without the hassle of virtualization. It runs on all versions of Windows, except Win95 and Win98. Install To install MinC you no longer have to copy it "by hand". You can now use the new installation wizard. Download the current version by clicking the link: minc-6.1.exe (20Mb). After installation you will see a new icon called Console on your Desktop. This starts the MinC terminal. Use The current MinC realease contains the following functions: All Unix standard commands, like: ls, du, ps, df, find, grep, awk, mkdir, chmod, chown, wc, top, diff, etc. Editing: less, vi, nano, hexedit Compression: unzip ... Read full article.