APIs & Developer Products - January 2011. Android.com. Body Browser - Google Labs. Google Code. Apt-cyg - Project Hosting on Google Code. Apt-cyg is a command-line installer for Cygwin which cooperates with Cygwin Setup and uses the same repository. The syntax is similar to apt-get. Usage examples: "apt-cyg install <package names>" to install packages "apt-cyg remove <package names>" to remove packages "apt-cyg update" to update setup.ini "apt-cyg show" to show installed packages "apt-cyg find <pattern(s)>" to find packages matching patterns "apt-cyg describe <pattern(s)>" to describe packages matching patterns "apt-cyg packageof <commands or files>" to locate parent packages First install subversion and wget through the standard cygwin setup program.
. # svn --force export /bin/ # chmod +x /bin/apt-cyg use apt-cyg, for example: # apt-cyg install nano If you find something that is not working or not compatible with a newer version of Cygwin, the easiest way to fix it is to fork the Github version: The Browser Takes All. This week, Google unveiled a computer like no other: the Cr-48, a notebook that relies on the Web for all its software applications.
Yet the Web search giant thinks the notebook can compete with computers that run all kinds of installed software. The matte black Cr-48 won’t be sold to the public, but thousands are being sent to consumers and businesses who have volunteered to test it. It introduces a new kind of operating system, called Chrome OS, that turns to the Web for almost everything. Google is pitching Chrome OS as its vision for a new form of computing—one that shifts the data, functionality and almost everything else you would expect from your desktop computer into the cloud.
Chrome OS will get its biggest test when Acer and Samsung start selling notebook computers customized to run the software in mid-2011. In contrast, Chrome OS assumes that applications and users can’t be trusted. Google still needs to prove that the simplicity of Chrome OS doesn’t undo its usefulness.