Comment by 1vuio0pswjnm7

Many years ago before I stopped using Windows and switched back to NetBSD (I had originally used it on the VAX), I used Cygwin and later MSYS on Windows in the process of moving back to UNIX

I was not interested in graphical programs, I only wanted a UNIX shell and standard UNIX utilities

I recently received a used computer with pre-installed Windows 10 Home for personal use so I will be experimenting with it offline^1

I used Windows Services for UNIX ("SFU") on work computers back in the day to compile programs I wrote for UNIX. I am curious about using "WSL" in a similar way

NetBSD is still favorite OS but I use Linux the most

1. I can boot this computer from USB stick so I will also use it to run NetBSD from RAM