Is there reason to use Cygwin over Bash on Ubuntu on Windows 10?
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00:00 Is There Reason To Use Cygwin Over Bash On Ubuntu On Windows 10?
00:39 Accepted Answer Score 9
00:59 Thank you
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 9
There are some practical advantages of Cygwin at this time: (1)you can execute .exe files; (2)you can access files which are prohibited to WSL/Bash due to Windows 10 security.