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Join us for a hot cup o Chocolatey!

Yosef DurrMay 8, 2018May 8, 201805/8/18

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. https://youtu.be/p8q-2d801xU Improving Machine Setup Have you set up a new dev machine and found it was frustrating or time consuming? It's ...

Tabbed Console starts here

Rich TurnerApril 13, 2018Apr 13, 201804/13/18

[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...

Copy and Paste arrives for Linux/WSL Consoles

Rich TurnerApril 13, 2018Apr 13, 201804/13/18

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 ...

OpenSSH in Windows 10!

Rich TurnerJanuary 22, 2018Jan 22, 201801/22/18

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 ...

Tar and Curl Come to Windows!

Rich TurnerJanuary 18, 2018Jan 18, 201801/18/18

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 curl and tar executables that you can execute directly from Cmd or PowerShell. Our sincere thanks ...

Share Environment Vars between WSL and Windows

Craig WilhiteDecember 22, 2017Dec 22, 201712/22/17

Hey WSL users—we have more features to share with you! Our latest Windows Insider build lets you share environment variables between WSL and Windows. Starting with Build 17063, let’s look at how you can leverage the new “WSLENV” to enhance environmental variable interop between Win32/WSL. Summary For the pros who’ve already heard ...

WSL & Console team ch…ch…ch…chaaaaanges!

Rich TurnerOctober 12, 2017Oct 12, 201710/12/17

Dear 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. After shipping a major new release, Microsoft often shuffles teams and people ...

What’s new in Windows Console in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

Rich TurnerOctober 11, 2017Oct 11, 201710/11/17

With Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (FCU) releasing on October 17th 2017, we thought it time to post the list of improvements coming to Windows Console in FCU. Note: For fans of our sister project, Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), please also read our post on "What's New in WSL in FCU". The Windows Console team have been hard at work ...

Introducing the Windows Console Colortool

Craig LoewenAugust 11, 2017Aug 11, 201708/11/17

Last week we announced the exciting news that Windows Console has a new default color scheme, and also promised you that we would release a tool to make it easier to change the console to your desired scheme. The Windows Console team is proud to present the 'Colortool' which you can use to apply the new default color scheme, and several ...

Updating the Windows Console Colors

Craig LoewenAugust 2, 2017Aug 2, 201708/2/17

In another blockbuster post, our Summer 2017 Intern, @craigaloewen unveils a subtle, but important improvement to the Console in Windows 10 build 16257. I know many of you have been asking for this! Over to you Craig ... The Windows Console's colors are getting their first overhaul in more than 20 years! Hurray! The default color values ...

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