From dba01d3ca4242188d40250c19aced91de9984122 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: poa00 Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2024 12:36:57 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Update ReadMe.md I've updated a few of the links (to the wiki) which were previously broken. I've also made some changes to formatting. Let me know if you'd like me to make any adjustments/revert any of the changes. --- ReadMe.md | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) diff --git a/ReadMe.md b/ReadMe.md index 97ec7603..7255decb 100644 --- a/ReadMe.md +++ b/ReadMe.md @@ -1,30 +1,32 @@ ------------------------------------------------------------- -Gow - The lightweight alternative to Cygwin ------------------------------------------------------------- +

+ 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) +[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

-Author: Brent R. Matzelle +
ABOUT ----- - -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. - -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." - -> "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. " +
+ +Gow (**G**nu **O**n **W**indows) 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. +

+ +## 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." | +|| +|"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 +43,12 @@ 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 From 34e2278f6b0377ea8a40ff3f58c199c10194e5a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: poa00 Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2024 13:07:40 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update ReadMe.md More formatting. Also added an icon! --- ReadMe.md | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/ReadMe.md b/ReadMe.md index 7255decb..97f9820c 100644 --- a/ReadMe.md +++ b/ReadMe.md @@ -1,32 +1,39 @@

- Gow - The lightweight alternative to Cygwin + 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

- -
+

Author: Brent R. Matzelle

+ + ABOUT -----
-Gow (**G**nu **O**n **W**indows) is the lightweight alternative to Cygwin. Gow's installer makes 130 extremely useful +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. -

+ + +TESTIMONIALS +------------ + +Here are a couple quotes from happy Gow users: + +
-## Testimonials +>**"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."** -|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." | -|| -|"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 ------------------- @@ -44,7 +51,7 @@ FEATURES & BENEFITS possible. OTHER LINKS ---------------------- +------------ - [Release Notes](http://github.com/bmatzelle/gow/wiki/change_log) - [Contributing](https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow/wiki/contributing) From 1684635e09d16b28dd07cd4aecda6daa05ff253f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Abbasi Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2024 15:38:59 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update ReadMe.md --- ReadMe.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ReadMe.md b/ReadMe.md index 97f9820c..6d7511f8 100644 --- a/ReadMe.md +++ b/ReadMe.md @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ OTHER LINKS - [Release Notes](http://github.com/bmatzelle/gow/wiki/change_log) - [Contributing](https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow/wiki/contributing) -- [Executables list](https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow/wiki/executables_list)) +- [Executables list](https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow/wiki/executables_list) - [Unix command reference](http://www.pixelbeat.org/cmdline.html) FEEDBACK