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Re:Inside the Creation of the Microsoft Surface Book by wvenable on Thursday October 08, 2015 @04:03PM (#10355720)
Cygwin is terrible but there are alternatives, such as:

https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow

Which work extremely well. I can go back and forth between Debian and windows without too much trouble. Many tools are cross platform.

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Re:Inside the Creation of the Microsoft Surface Book by arm on Thursday October 08, 2015 @07:55PM (#10357222)
How is Cygwin terrible exactly? It’s fast and lightweight (compared to other recommendations like MobaXterm) and has a huge selection of packages¹. Frankly, I don’t get why Cygwin gets so much flack; I’m glad it exists.

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¹ — http://cygwinports.org/

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Re:Inside the Creation of the Microsoft Surface Book by voltagex_ on Thursday October 08, 2015 @09:37PM (#10357601)
Also msys2 which is well maintained.
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