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I always used mingw and similar projects. IMO, putty was always annoying (but very useful) software. The "ecosystem" seems better now though.
by ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 1y ago
I always used mingw and similar projects. IMO, putty was always annoying (but very useful) software. The "ecosystem" seems better now though.
- MortyWaves 1y agoIndeed, that and “git bash” were always the weird outliers. I’m glad there’s now native options.
- ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 1y agomingw predates git on windows (and in general), but yeah, indeed. interesting to scan the log on that: https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/blob/main/ReleaseNotes.md#changes-since-git-153-preview20071019 https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/blob/main/Rel...
- perching_aix 1y agoI remember my journey trying to disambiguate Git Bash, Git for Windows, MinGW and MSYS2. To this day, I'm still not sure I have the full story right.
- 1oooqooq 1y agojust install msys2. i cannot imagine windows without it. even wsl garbage pales in comparison
- account42 1y agoOne nice thing about putty is that it let's you specify the password on the command line. Can't stand software that doesn't let you make your own decisions.