Cross-compiling on Windows for Linux
 - Compiling Linux binaries (x86/x86-64) under Windows

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Have you ever wanted to compile Linux binaries under Windows? This is how it 
happens:

  1. Get Cygwin setup.exe: http://www.cygwin.com/

1.1. Run setup.exe and continue to package selection list.

1.2. Under Devel catagory select tools you need for compiling your source. For
     example 'GNU make'.

1.3. Finish installing.

  2. Get linux crosscompilers for cygwin:
     "cygwin-gcc-linux.tar.bz2" (68.2 Mb).
     md5sum: 340e91a346f5bb17e660db10e43005b8
     
     These compilers are made with crosstool 0.28-rc37. This package contains:
     gcc-3.3.4 and gcc-2.95.3 for i386 (glibc 2.1.3) and gcc-3.3.3 for amd64 
     (glibc 2.3.2).
     

     Note! There is now newer version of GCC avaible with glibc 2.3.2: 
     "cygwin-gcc-3.3.6-glibc-2.3.2-linux.tar.bz2 (i386, x86_64)".

2.1. Copy 'cygwin-gcc-linux.tar.bz2' to 'c:\cygwin' or install directory which
     you selected in setup.exe.

2.2. Open Cygwin shell and change directory to root with 'cd /'.

2.3. Uncompress to Cygwin root with command: 
     'tar -jxvf cygwin-gcc-linux.tar.bz2'.
     
     Cross-compilers are installed under '/opt/crosstool'. You can use theim 
     directly or with commands: gcc-linux, g++-linux, gcc-linux-2.95, 
     g++-linux-2.95, gcc-linux-x86_64 and g++-linux-x86_64.