Initial preview of GUI app support for the Windows Subsystem for Linux

Re:Initial preview of GUI app support for the Windows Subsys... by pxc on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @06:11PM (#26896083)

Same. I am not a Windows person and never have been, but Windows Terminal is clearly lovingly maintained and already much, much better than previous terminal emulator offerings for Windows. I don't particularly wish I had it on Linux, but it's already my go-to when I have to use Windows for a bit, and I think it's an impressive piece of software.

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Re:Initial preview of GUI app support for the Windows Subsys... by globular-toast on Thursday April 22, 2021 @03:00AM (#26899649)

cmder [0] is great. When I was forced to use Windows, a good terminal emulator was the first thing I looked for. The trouble is most Windows users don't know what a terminal emulator is or that anything better is possible. But it has been possible for a long time.

[0] https://cmder.net/

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Re:Initial preview of GUI app support for the Windows Subsys... by pxc on Friday April 23, 2021 @06:16PM (#26919842)

Cmder used to be my go-to for the times I had to use Windows before my most recent attempts which came after WSL, PowerShell Core, Windows Terminal, and the whole new ecosystem Microsoft seems to be invested in building around the command line. I don't remember any specific complaints about it except that configuration (if you wanted to customize it— defaults were quite good) options were kinda overwhelming. At the same time, I don't have any interest in going back to it after using Windows Terminal for a while.

I'd be curious about your first impressions of Windows Terminal as a more recent cmder user, if you still have a Windows VM lying around.

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