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article then immediately describes how ... needs open-source code to have a decent terminal, SSH client, and package manager No, article describes how to get linux-like console/ssh/packaging manager on the system which have its own completely different environment. You can use PowerShell for everything described (yes, you'll still need to install ssh module, one command), but you'll need to use PowerShell syntax instead of Bash.