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Sep 28, 2018
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Re-Open-Sourcing MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0

Rich Turner
Rich Turner

In March 2014, Microsoft released the source code to MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 via the Computer History Museum. The announcement also contains a brief history of how MS-DOS came to be for those new to the subject, and ends with many links to related articles and resources for those interested in learning more. Today, we're re-open-sourcing MS-DOS on Gi...

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Aug 2, 2018
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Windows Command-Line: Introducing the Windows Pseudo Console (ConPTY)

Rich Turner
Rich Turner

In this, the fourth post in the Windows Command-Line series, we'll discuss the new Windows Pseudo Console (ConPTY) infrastructure and API - why we built it, what it's for, how it works, how to use it, and more.

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Jul 20, 2018
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Windows Command-Line: Inside the Windows Console

Rich Turner
Rich Turner

Welcome to the third post in the Windows Command-Line series. In this post, we'll start to dig into the internals of the Windows Console and Command-Line, what it is, what it does ... and what it doesn't do!

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)Command-LineWindows Console
Jun 27, 2018
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Windows Command-Line: The Evolution of the Windows Command-Line

Rich Turner
Rich Turner

Welcome to the second post in this "Windows Command-Line" series. In this post we'll discuss some of the background & history behind the Windows Command-Line. Specifically, we’ll explore its humble origins in MS-DOS, to its modern-day incarnation supporting tools like PowerShell and Windows Subsystem for Linux.

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Jun 20, 2018
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Windows Command-Line: Backgrounder

Rich Turner
Rich Turner

This is the first of a series of posts in which we’ll explore all things command-line – from the origins of the command-line and the evolution of the terminal, to what we’re doing to overhaul and modernize the Windows Console & command-line in future Windows releases.

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)Command-LineWindows Console
May 8, 2018
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Join us for a hot cup o Chocolatey!

Yosef Durr
Yosef Durr

Setting up a dev box should be easy and fast.  At BUILD 2018 we announced a collaboration with Chocolatey and Boxstarter.  The project founders discuss the collaboration in the following video. Improving Machine Setup Have you set up a new dev machine and found it was frustrating or time consuming?  It's important to have a repeatable, fast way...

Command-LineWindows ConsoleWindows 10
Apr 13, 2018
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Tabbed Console starts here

Rich Turner
Rich Turner

[2018-06-29: Important Note: As announced in the release notes for Windows 10 Insider build 17704, Sets and Tabs will NOT ship in the next mainstream release of Windows (codenamed RS5). Please read the first bullet under the heading "General changes, improvements, and fixes for PC" for more details.]   [2018-04-16: Updated to better reflect "Sets...

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Apr 13, 2018
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Copy and Paste arrives for Linux/WSL Consoles

Rich Turner
Rich Turner

As of Windows 10 Insider build #17643, you can copy/paste text from/to Linux/WSL Consoles!!! We know that this is a feature MANY of you have been waiting for - our sincerest thanks for your patience & continued support while we untangled the Console's internals, allowing us to implement this feature. To ensure that we don't break any existing...

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)Windows ConsoleWindows 10
Jan 22, 2018
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OpenSSH in Windows 10!

Rich Turner
Rich Turner

SSH is one of the most important tools in the *NIX world, through which users communicate with shells, applications, and services running on remote machines, devices, VM's and containers. Windows users most often remotely access Windows machines, devices, VM's and Containers via the amazingly powerful Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) which, as the nam...

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)Windows ConsoleWindows 10
Jan 18, 2018
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Tar and Curl Come to Windows!

Rich Turner
Rich Turner

One of the most frequent asks we hear across the entire Windows command-line spectrum is "I need curl" and/or "I need tar". If you're one of these people - HAPPY NEW YEAR! :) Windows 10 Insider build 17063 and later now include the real-deal and executables that you can execute directly from Cmd or PowerShell. Our sincere thanks to the LibArc...

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