You know what really rocks on Windows? Git’s bash shell [1] wrapped with Console2 [2].

Git [3]: Come for the awesome revision control, stay for the bonus command shell.

I know I’ve nattered on about Console2 before [4] but that was just window dressing. Having an honest-to-goodness bash shell on a windows platform is real nice.

[1] https://openhatch.org/missions/windows-setup/install-git-bash
[2] http://www.hanselman.com/blog/Console2ABetterWindowsCommandPrompt.aspx
[3] http://git-scm.com/
[4] http://www.blackfez.com/?s=console2