Since forever, before Linux, on Linux
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You can as well run a process directly from the background using the ampersand, &
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You want maybe to type disown before you close the console.
On windows you have various options.
1) Utility to start a program as a service
2) Wrap it in some sort of script
3) Start command and then some fu stuff to detach it?
4) cygwin/MSFU/Linux subsystem

Then the Linux/Unix way works