Hyper-v runs debian fine if you rather avoid virtual box. Also there&#x27;s cygwin for anything that doesn&#x27;t require a vm (scripting). I&#x27;d always run a dev environment as a vm to simulate a production environment. However, if I&#x27;m just writing bash scripts or anything that doesn&#x27;t require installing a db&#x2F;web server&#x2F;etc cygwin is adequate enough.