[Ajedi32]

It's been a long time since I've used it, but I seem to recall Cygwin having a lot of minor but annoying "gotchas" with things like package management, file paths, etc. that you don't have to deal with in a more complete environment like WSL.

The fact that software needs to be specifically compiled for Cygwin is a big enough hassle on its own that I'd rather just use a "real" Linux environment and not have to deal with it.

[theandrewbailey]

I tried to use Cygwin a handful of times, but having to stop, close, and re-run the installer every time I forgot some package was overbearing. WSL was much easier to get running (it's a part of Windows!), and since it's a real ubuntu/debian/etc. installation, it behaves like one, too. Far and away much better UX with WSL.

[Isthatablackgsd]

I want to try out Liferea (RSS Reader) for my Windows. Let say it been a pain trying to get it to compile in Cygwin. I reinstalled Cygwin 4 times because I keep missing the dependencies that Liferea needs. I haven't start again because I'm worried that I have to go through this again. That's what happened today. I want to install a full package but people warned not to do it since it will balloon the size.

[ReactiveJelly]

I've only had to stop the terminal if I'm updating cygwin.dll, not if I'm just installing more packages

[nijave]

There's a script somewhere called "cyg-get" I think that works like apt-get for Cygwin.