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On Windows 10, with Windows Subsystem for Linux installed, I don't find myself using Putty anymore.

coreyp_1 10y ago
Same here, but I can't figure out how to fix my main annoyance with the WSL: deactivating the bell!!! There is no reason for my computer to be making noises when I'm using tab completion!!!!!!!!!!
- JoBrad 10y ago
  Have you tried this? To disable beep of the bash you need to uncomment/add set bell-style none in your /etc/inputrc file To disable beep of programs like vim (I've tested only with that) you need to create - if it's not already there - a .bash_profile and add setterm -blength 0 http://stackoverflow.com/a/36726662 http://stackoverflow.com/a/36726662
  - coreyp_1 10y ago
    You are my hero!!! Thanks! It worked perfectly!
  - mszcz 10y ago
    Thanks! Had the same exact problem that annoyed the shit out of me! Turning off the bell in default Putty settings is the first thing I do on a new install.
JorgeGT 10y ago
I only miss the right click on the taskbar icon with the stored connections! I would be nice if you could pin aliases in the Ubuntu icon...
sbuttgereit 10y ago
I don't use PuTTY either for the same reasons as you, but I do continue to use Pageant. I use a mix of Windows and Linux tools and I only really want to enter my SSH cert credentials at start-up. So I still end up installing it. I also use Bitvise for tunneling on the Windows side as well.
- fetbaffe 10y ago
  You can use Pageant with oter tools than Putty's own tools?
  - sbuttgereit 10y ago
    Sort of... the Bitvise SSH client I use for tunneling, it comes out of box understanding that Pageant is an available agent and will reference it; a lot of tools know that PuTTY is common and therefore expect the tools to be present. With git and tools that use Git, PuTTY distributes plink.exe, which acts as a helper. So you set something like... GIT_SSH=c:\Program Files\Putty\plink.exe To make that happen. So PuTTY is not my shell, but is still pretty important for its good set of overall tools.
SebiH 10y ago
Are you using an insider build or a different shell than Windows' cmd? I find myself using Putty to connect to a Linux subsystem ssh server just to get a decent terminal emulator with full colour support!
- Viper007Bond 10y ago
  The latest Insider builds are a lot better, including full color support.
  - vesinisa 10y ago
    It's apparently coming to stable in April: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13695267 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13695267
- Raticide 10y ago
  Give this a whirl: https://github.com/mintty/wsltty https://github.com/mintty/wsltty
- kylek 10y ago
  You may be interested in ConEmu: https://conemu.github.io/ https://conemu.github.io/ https://conemu.github.io/en/BashOnWindows.html https://conemu.github.io/en/BashOnWindows.html
  - SebiH 10y ago
    I did try conemu when bash for windows was first released, but ran into some problems. Will definitely try again, thanks! Though the wsltty linked below looks promising as well
Aloha 10y ago
I'd love to try it, but I'm not in an environment where the build of windows I'm using is new enough yet.
- jhasse 10y ago
  Give MSYS2 a try: http://www.msys2.org/ http://www.msys2.org/
  - wruza 10y ago
    Or cygwin that has easy to use gui package manager, iirc. Msys2 is a mess, but for non-development uses it should be ok, once you learn how to win in pacman.
ChuckMcM 10y ago
I still use Putty for serial support since 'screen /dev/ttyACM0 115200' does not yet work in WSL.
mastazi 10y ago
Similarly, I use Git Bash, haven't used Putty in at least 3 years.
- lma21 10y ago
  I always preferred putty's terminal window, not sure why, even though git bash's can be customized as well.. can you save sessions in git bash?
  - mastazi 10y ago
    the problem is that putty's terminal window (as far as I know) doesn't work in local, so if you are doing local terminal-based work (vagrant git etc) and then you need to ssh, you can't do everything with putty's terminal, but you can do all of the above with git bash.
aao 10y ago
I use cygwin symlinked into the windows home directory, works great and unlike the microsoft ubuntu hack you can set permissions temporarily

Same here, but I can't figure out how to fix my main annoyance with the WSL: deactivating the bell!!! There is no reason for my computer to be making noises when I'm using tab completion!!!!!!!!!!

JoBrad 10y ago
Have you tried this? To disable beep of the bash you need to uncomment/add set bell-style none in your /etc/inputrc file To disable beep of programs like vim (I've tested only with that) you need to create - if it's not already there - a .bash_profile and add setterm -blength 0 http://stackoverflow.com/a/36726662 http://stackoverflow.com/a/36726662
- coreyp_1 10y ago
  You are my hero!!! Thanks! It worked perfectly!
- mszcz 10y ago
  Thanks! Had the same exact problem that annoyed the shit out of me! Turning off the bell in default Putty settings is the first thing I do on a new install.

JorgeGT 10y ago

I only miss the right click on the taskbar icon with the stored connections! I would be nice if you could pin aliases in the Ubuntu icon...

sbuttgereit 10y ago

I don't use PuTTY either for the same reasons as you, but I do continue to use Pageant. I use a mix of Windows and Linux tools and I only really want to enter my SSH cert credentials at start-up. So I still end up installing it. I also use Bitvise for tunneling on the Windows side as well.

fetbaffe 10y ago
You can use Pageant with oter tools than Putty's own tools?
- sbuttgereit 10y ago
  Sort of... the Bitvise SSH client I use for tunneling, it comes out of box understanding that Pageant is an available agent and will reference it; a lot of tools know that PuTTY is common and therefore expect the tools to be present. With git and tools that use Git, PuTTY distributes plink.exe, which acts as a helper. So you set something like... GIT_SSH=c:\Program Files\Putty\plink.exe To make that happen. So PuTTY is not my shell, but is still pretty important for its good set of overall tools.

SebiH 10y ago

Are you using an insider build or a different shell than Windows' cmd? I find myself using Putty to connect to a Linux subsystem ssh server just to get a decent terminal emulator with full colour support!

Viper007Bond 10y ago
The latest Insider builds are a lot better, including full color support.
- vesinisa 10y ago
  It's apparently coming to stable in April: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13695267 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13695267
Raticide 10y ago
Give this a whirl: https://github.com/mintty/wsltty https://github.com/mintty/wsltty
kylek 10y ago
You may be interested in ConEmu: https://conemu.github.io/ https://conemu.github.io/ https://conemu.github.io/en/BashOnWindows.html https://conemu.github.io/en/BashOnWindows.html
- SebiH 10y ago
  I did try conemu when bash for windows was first released, but ran into some problems. Will definitely try again, thanks! Though the wsltty linked below looks promising as well

Aloha 10y ago

I'd love to try it, but I'm not in an environment where the build of windows I'm using is new enough yet.

jhasse 10y ago
Give MSYS2 a try: http://www.msys2.org/ http://www.msys2.org/
- wruza 10y ago
  Or cygwin that has easy to use gui package manager, iirc. Msys2 is a mess, but for non-development uses it should be ok, once you learn how to win in pacman.

ChuckMcM 10y ago

I still use Putty for serial support since 'screen /dev/ttyACM0 115200' does not yet work in WSL.

mastazi 10y ago

Similarly, I use Git Bash, haven't used Putty in at least 3 years.

lma21 10y ago
I always preferred putty's terminal window, not sure why, even though git bash's can be customized as well.. can you save sessions in git bash?
- mastazi 10y ago
  the problem is that putty's terminal window (as far as I know) doesn't work in local, so if you are doing local terminal-based work (vagrant git etc) and then you need to ssh, you can't do everything with putty's terminal, but you can do all of the above with git bash.

aao 10y ago

I use cygwin symlinked into the windows home directory, works great and unlike the microsoft ubuntu hack you can set permissions temporarily