In no particular order, using vim, openssh, git, perl, bash, grep, tar, etc etc etc on the entire native file system in a POSIX environment is really fantastic.

In no particular order, using vim, openssh, git, perl, bash, grep, tar, etc etc etc on the entire native file system in a POSIX environment is really fantastic. I also have an ubuntu VM to spin up on hand but I find I rarely need to do so. The cygwin mintty console is also far superior to the windows command console.