We can't always choose the hardware that we want, and we can't sometimes choose the software (OS) that we like. At work I'm stuck with Windows, but at home use

We can't always choose the hardware that we want, and we can't sometimes choose the software (OS) that we like. At work I'm stuck with Windows, but at home use OSX & croutonized debianized chromebooks. In my regular Windows toolbox are: Far manager, cygwin (full install), SysInternals, NirTools, Windows 8 SDK/DDK, emacs-win, but haven't time to get around and learn Powershell...