At Caspeco we do a lot of development in .NET - a platform that runs well on Windows. We also do some development that runs better in a *NIX environment. For example, many javascript related tools are written with a bash shell in mind. Since the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, you can run Ubuntu on the windows kernel with the WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux).
Crowdsourced tips, trix and guides
We and the community have gathered some helpful tips to get running on this git repo: abergs/ubuntuonwindows.
It covers everything from setting up SSH to how to access your files on your windows drive and vice versa. It’s awesome.