I absolutely love msys2: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;msys2.github.io&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;msys2.github.io&#x2F;</a><p>It comes with an easy to use installer and `pacman` package manager. Their repositories have lots of stuff already compiled to windows usage (the silver surfer, gnu global, etc).<p>Also, sshd works mostly out of the box. Ability to ssh to Windows box into a functional shell (not crippled cmd.exe) is a killer feature for me.