Cygwin is pretty good. I am not sure how you can do much better it has a big range of command line programs you can run, vim, git etc. The next step beyond cygw

Cygwin is pretty good. I am not sure how you can do much better it has a big range of command line programs you can run, vim, git etc. The next step beyond cygwin is to install a linux vm, then to dual boot, then to single boot and chuck out Windows :-). Can't bring myself to do that though as a C#-ie.