1. Virtual machine based on Virtualbox, etc. is an overkill, generally speaking. It provides complete functionalities but is more CPU and memory hangry.

2. WSL 2 is the currently the best solution comes with Windows 10+. It is essentially a virtual machine but based on Hyper-V.

3. Cygwin, MobaXterm, etc. are outdated as …

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Cygwin Portable

1. The portable versions has some problems

   • Vim, edit mode, backspace doesn't work sometimes (identation related)

2. Cygwin portable scroll doesn't work after Vim is opened and then closed. but if …