diff --git a/ReadMe.md b/ReadMe.md index 97ec7603..6d7511f8 100644 --- a/ReadMe.md +++ b/ReadMe.md @@ -1,30 +1,39 @@ ------------------------------------------------------------- -Gow - The lightweight alternative to Cygwin ------------------------------------------------------------- - -**[Download](https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow/releases)** | -[Home Page](http://wiki.github.com/bmatzelle/gow/) | -[FAQ](http://wiki.github.com/bmatzelle/gow/faq) - -Author: Brent R. Matzelle +

+ Gow +
+

+

+ The Lightweight Alternative to Cygwin +

+

+ +[Download](https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow/releases/latest "Find the latest release here") | [Gow Wiki (Home Page)](http://github.com/bmatzelle/gow/wiki "Read the Gow wiki for more details") | [FAQ](http://github.com/bmatzelle/gow/wiki/faq "Find answers to the most common Gow-related questions") +

Author: Brent R. Matzelle

+ +

ABOUT ----- +
+ +Gow (Gnu On Windows) is the lightweight alternative to Cygwin. Gow's installer makes 130 extremely useful +open source UNIX applications (compiled as native Win32 binaries) conveniently available for immediate use on your Windows system. It is designed to be as small as possible, only ~10 MB. in contrast to Cygwin +which can easily exceed 100 MB depending upon options. +
-Gow (Gnu On Windows) is the lightweight alternative to Cygwin. It uses a -convenient Windows installer that installs about 130 extremely useful -open source UNIX applications compiled as native win32 binaries. It is -designed to be as small as possible, about 10 MB, as opposed to Cygwin -which can run well over 100 MB depending upon options. +TESTIMONIALS +------------ Here are a couple quotes from happy Gow users: -> "Gow is one of the few things that makes Windows bearable/usable" +
-> "I use Gow constantly. It's awesome." +>**"Gow is one of the few things that makes Windows bearable/usable"** +> +> **"I use Gow constantly. It's awesome."** +> +>**"I just wanted to let you know that the GOW Suite is simply great - it is far lighter than the Cygwin tool, and is extremely useful."** -> "I just wanted to let you know that the GOW Suite is simply great - it is -far lighter than the Cygwin tool, and is extremely useful. " FEATURES & BENEFITS ------------------- @@ -41,13 +50,12 @@ FEATURES & BENEFITS - Stable binaries: All commands are kept up to date but also as stable as possible. - OTHER LINKS ---------------------- +------------ -- [Release Notes](http://wiki.github.com/bmatzelle/gow/change_log) +- [Release Notes](http://github.com/bmatzelle/gow/wiki/change_log) - [Contributing](https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow/wiki/contributing) -- [Executables list](http://wiki.github.com/bmatzelle/gow/executables_list) +- [Executables list](https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow/wiki/executables_list) - [Unix command reference](http://www.pixelbeat.org/cmdline.html) FEEDBACK