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I'm running Windows 10 with multiple Linux server distros in the background. Hyper-V shuts them down and brings them up with Windows. WinSCP is my file manager

I'm running Windows 10 with multiple Linux server distros in the background. Hyper-V shuts them down and brings them up with Windows. WinSCP is my file manager and Putty is my terminal. I prefer this over OS X on Apple hardware because I can get the exact Unix experience that I want without having to fight with Apple about who is in control of the machine. Perhaps more importantly, I get the desktop experience that I love, which is Windows.

dugmartin 11y ago
If you haven't tried it out I'd suggest checking out SuperPutty (https://github.com/jimradford/superputty https://github.com/jimradford/superputty) - it allows for multiple Putty windows in a tabbed interface.
- 0xFFC 11y ago
  I use exact same configuration , ARCH and DEBIAN cli in background and putty in windows 10 for my C development , and btsync for syncing file between two . I hate tabbed interface , especially in command line. One good reason is window managers , with windows 10 window manager I get almost perfect tiling window manager functionality , but with tabs ?
- samstave 11y ago
  Thanks for this! I'm using putty and without tabs it drives me nuts. When I read the GP comment my first thought was "yeah same but tabless terminals sucks!" Then I saw your comment. Didn't know about super putty - switching today.
partiallypro 11y ago
I really enjoy Bitvise over PuTTy. If you haven't checked it out, give it a gander. BUT, in the upcoming Windows 10 update SSH support is coming to Windows' shell. So technically you won't need either. It will be more like Terminal on Mac. I still will be using Bitvise, just because of how it manages key files, etc.
- WorldWideWayne 11y ago
  Thanks! I have tried Bitvise a few times over the years, but it seems to be missing some features of WinSCP such as "Keep remote directory up to date..." which I use a lot. The terminal immediately seems nicer to use than Putty, but I have to find some way of using Bitvise terminal with WinSCP, or I need to find that one feature of WinSCP in Bitvise' file explorer.

dugmartin 11y ago

If you haven't tried it out I'd suggest checking out SuperPutty (https://github.com/jimradford/superputty https://github.com/jimradford/superputty) - it allows for multiple Putty windows in a tabbed interface.

0xFFC 11y ago
I use exact same configuration , ARCH and DEBIAN cli in background and putty in windows 10 for my C development , and btsync for syncing file between two . I hate tabbed interface , especially in command line. One good reason is window managers , with windows 10 window manager I get almost perfect tiling window manager functionality , but with tabs ?
samstave 11y ago
Thanks for this! I'm using putty and without tabs it drives me nuts. When I read the GP comment my first thought was "yeah same but tabless terminals sucks!" Then I saw your comment. Didn't know about super putty - switching today.

partiallypro 11y ago

I really enjoy Bitvise over PuTTy. If you haven't checked it out, give it a gander. BUT, in the upcoming Windows 10 update SSH support is coming to Windows' shell. So technically you won't need either. It will be more like Terminal on Mac. I still will be using Bitvise, just because of how it manages key files, etc.

WorldWideWayne 11y ago
Thanks! I have tried Bitvise a few times over the years, but it seems to be missing some features of WinSCP such as "Keep remote directory up to date..." which I use a lot. The terminal immediately seems nicer to use than Putty, but I have to find some way of using Bitvise terminal with WinSCP, or I need to find that one feature of WinSCP in Bitvise' file explorer.