How to find out what Shell I am in?

% ps -p $$
PID TTY TIME CMD
2222 pts/1 0:00 csh

To find out what OS you're using:

$ uname

Usage: uname [OPTION]...
Print certain system information.  With no OPTION, same as -s.

  -a, --all                print all information, in the following order,
                             except omit -p and -i if unknown:
  -s, --kernel-name        print the kernel name
  -n, --nodename           print the network node hostname
  -r, --kernel-release     print the kernel release
  -v, --kernel-version     print the kernel version
  -m, --machine            print the machine hardware name
  -p, --processor          print the processor type or "unknown"
  -i, --hardware-platform  print the hardware platform or "unknown"
  -o, --operating-system   print the operating system
      --help     display this help and exit
      --version  output version information and exit

My Favorite Cygwin Packages

Download Tools

aria2

High speed download utility.

lftp

ncftp

wget

wput

WWW Text Browsers

links

lynx

w3m

How to Add Items to the Context Menu, "Send To" in Windows

By using the Send To command, you can quickly send a file to different locations including a floppy disk, your desktop, another person using e-mail, or the My Documents folder. The SendTo folder contains the shortcuts for the destinations that are displayed on the Send To menu. Every user on the computer has a SendTo folder and can customize its contents.