If you go for windows (host) and linux (guest) for dev tools & console stuff you should definitely check CoLinux. It's a very neat virtualisation, where the lin

If you go for windows (host) and linux (guest) for dev tools & console stuff you should definitely check CoLinux. It's a very neat virtualisation, where the linux kernel works as another process on widnows, and the performance is really good. However, for the GUI stuff you will need some vnc pipe.