[pjc50]

Underrated secondary option: git bash. Lower setup overhead than full WSL, although it is slower if you need to work on a lot of files or spawn a lot of processes.

[anthk]

Also, Minc, MinC is not Cygwin. And, yes slower, but it might work even under XP.

[smackeyacky]

I guess you get git bash for free when you install git, which speaks legions about the pain of powershell