Babun.github.io Website Review

Note There is no interference with existing Cygwin installation Note You may have whitespace chars in your username - it is not recommended by Cygwin though FAQ The core of Babun consists of a pre-configured Cygwin. Cygwin is a great tool, but there’s a lot of quirks and tricks that makes you lose a lot of time to make it actually 'usable'. Not only does babun solve most of these problems, but also contains a lot of vital packages, so that you can be productive from the very first minute. deinstalling cygwin packages with no has*le at all. Just invoke pact --help to check how to use it. Babun’s shell is tweaked in order to provide the best possible user-experience. There are two shell types that are pre-configured and available right away - bash and zsh (zsh is the default one). Babun’s shell features: Mintty is the console used in babun. It features an xterm-256 mode, nice fonts and simply looks great! Babun supports HTTP proxying out of the box. Just add the address and the credentials of your HTTP proxy server to the .babunrc file located in your home folder and execute source .babunrc to enable HTTP proxying. SOCKS proxies are not supported for now. Babun provides many packages, convenience tools and scripts that make your life much easier. The long list of features includes: Babun has a very small microkernel (cygwin, a couple of bash scripts and a bit of a convention) and a plugin architecture on the top of it. It means that almost everything is a plugin in the babun’s world! Not only does it structure babun in a clean way, but also enables others to contribute small chunks of code. Currently, babun comprises the following plugins: Self-update is at the very heart of babun! Many Cygwin tools are simple bash scripts - once you install them there is no chance of getting the newer version in a smooth way. You either delete the older version or overwrite it with the newest one losing all the changes you Babun contains an auto-update feature which enables updating both the microkernel, the plugins and even the underlying cygwin. Files located