Use Linux over Windows with Xming
One of the nice things about the X Window System is its ability to display X apps running remotely on a local machine. One of the not-so-nice things about Microsoft Windows is the complete lack of native support for displaying X applications. If you find yourself working on Windows but wanting to use Linux apps at the same time, Xming can do the job. Xming is a port of X Window System to Microsoft Windows that's free and easy to use.
Xming is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2), and comes packaged as Windows executables with easy-to-use installers. If all you want is an X Window Server -- and not a complete Unix-type environment -- Xming is a better choice than Cygwin/X. It also has the advantage of more active development -- Cygwin/X hasn't been updated since 2004, according to its homepage.
Xming is trivial to install.
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