See the instructions for cygwin . Your Linux distribution might include libtiff. For example, Red Hat 7.0 rpm distribution package is likely to include libtiff. After you install Linux, check to see if your local drive has libtiff on it. You can also download libtiff source from the OSRS CVS repository . .
GeoTIFF files contain both the .twf information and the binary image in the same .tiff file.
Download libgeotiff from the OSRS CVS repository . The exact size of the binary depends upon the compile. For example, the Linux compiler generates a 6 M library and about a 2 M executable. The full source distribution of wxWindows is about 30 to 40 megabytes of disk. Your system processor must run at 400mhz minimum.