I'd certainly recommend migrating to Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for
Linux (WSL). As a long-time Interix user, I waited until WSL got past
its 'version 1' period, and find that WSL 2 is really quite good. It
also has "mindshare" within MSFT (built inside, not acquired), so seems
well supported – finally.
Interix was a valliant effort, good for many – if not most – purposes
(including graphical GUI apps if you run a 3rd-party X-server), but its
been surpassed by WSL 2.
James D. Howard. jhoward@alumni.caltech.edu