I installed Debian, seems to work well for some applications. I'll import endware and test some fo the tools out. If you install debian you can install a windowing server Xming or CygwinX
Then you can install programs that work in Xorg server and call them from the command line and they'll pop up in windows on the desktop.
Bear in mind all of this is for convenience while you work on Windows, you can also access Linux tools in the shell and some GUI programs as well. Alternatively try Cygwin and CygwinX: