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Windows Console, Command-Line, Windows Subsystem for Linux, WSL, Linux
May 6, 2019May 6, 201905/6/19We are beyond excited to announce Windows Terminal! Windows Terminal is a new, modern, fast, efficient, powerful, and productive terminal application for users of command-line tools and shells like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and WSL.
https://aka.ms/terminal-video
Windows Terminal will be delivered via the Microsoft Store in Windows 10 and will be updated regularly,
December 10, 2018Dec 10, 201812/10/18As of Windows 10 build 18298, when you open the properties page of any Console window, you’ll notice an additional “Terminal” tab. Click on this tab and you’ll see several new settings for some experimental features we’re working on for future OS releases:
Important Note: These settings are “experimental”,
October 12, 2017Oct 12, 201710/12/17Dear friends of WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux, nee “Bash on [Ubuntu on] Windows”) & Windows Console:
I would like to share with you some changes to our org’ that will benefit WSL, Windows Console and the Windows command-line in general moving forward.
July 28, 2017Jul 28, 201707/28/17Ever wonder what was run in that Console window that briefly appeared on your screen? In this guest post, Craig Loewen – our awesome summer intern explains how you can find out what command-line applications run on your machine. Over to you Craig …
January 4, 2017Jan 4, 201701/4/17This post is in response to a story published on December 6th 2016 by ComputerWorld titled “Say goodbye to the MS-DOS command prompt” and its follow-up article “Follow-up: MS-DOS lives on after all“.
These “stories” were subsequently picked up by Business Insider and Life Hacker among others and fueled a number of concerned Tweets some of which I responded to directly,
