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Re:Windows 11 Start menu ads look set to get even worse – th... by mixmastamyk on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @02:07PM (#35617565)
The shell yes. Lack of a decent terminal would sink it—besides the other reasons it is not suitable any longer... software support and security.
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Re:Windows 11 Start menu ads look set to get even worse – th... by sodapopcan on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @02:17PM (#35617727)
Oh right. I was writing spaghetti PHP in those days so never had use for a terminal, so I guess that is required context.
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Re:Windows 11 Start menu ads look set to get even worse – th... by Dagger2 on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @01:14PM (#35630713)
bash in mintty is pretty decent.

mintty can do some things better than many terminals on Linux, even: https://mintty.github.io/mintty-gnuplot.png

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Re:Windows 11 Start menu ads look set to get even worse – th... by mixmastamyk on Thursday April 20, 2023 @07:29PM (#35647933)
Believe I've seen that, come to think of it. Does a featureful version support XP?

How did they work around the console limitations of older Windows?

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