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I would guess WSL is choking off demand for tools like this one, VcXsrv, GitBash, Cygwin, and so on. The latest WSL includes a Wayland server, and a (not well

by tyingq 5y ago

I would guess WSL is choking off demand for tools like this one, VcXsrv, GitBash, Cygwin, and so on. The latest WSL includes a Wayland server, and a (not well documented...but easy) way to make Windows Shortcut launchers[1], and they seem to be smoothing out the bugs. [1] It's wslg.exe. So you can create a shortcut with values like: - Target: C:\Windows\System32\wslg.exe xterm -ls -fa Consolas -fs 20 -bg black -fg green - Start In: \\wsl$\Ubuntu\home\myusername

visarga 5y ago
VSCode is also a great SSH tool, you can even debug remotely. I rarely touch system terminal anymore.
pid-1 5y ago
Also Windows has a reasonably decent Terminal app nowadays (Windows Terminal). In $JOB I generally just use Windows Terminal + scoop.sh to install stuff like grep, etc
riffic 5y ago
what's that quote about re-inventing Unix, poorly?
- nailer 5y ago
  This is Unix (unless you don’t count GNU as Unix which is technically true but nobody cares anymore).
  - riffic 5y ago
    I was just talking about Windows in general, not WSL.