Linux on Windows - Subsystem for Linux Setup
If you miss UNIX while working on Windows or would like to try experimenting with unix, Windows 10 offers an impressive feature that is worth exploring.
You can now install Windows Sub System for Linux (WSL) on Windows10 with a Linux distribution of your choice. As of now, the supported distributions are Ubuntu, SUSE, Kali and Debian. More info on this feature can be found here..
This subsystem seems to be very light weight and is definitely a better option than having to run the full Virtual Machine on window server.(!! requires developer option to be enabled on your machine !!).
Here is a quick note on the setup and few tests using some specific features..