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I'm assuming by terminal you don't just mean CLI, which I think PowerShell has been a great step forward (but I wish I didn't have to keep dropping back to the

I'm assuming by terminal you don't just mean CLI, which I think PowerShell has been a great step forward (but I wish I didn't have to keep dropping back to the default command prompt to get certain commands working.) If my assumption holds, I did find this article recommending Console2. http://lifehacker.com/5857540/the-best-terminal-emulator-for-windows http://lifehacker.com/5857540/the-best-terminal-emulator-for...

digitallogic 13y ago
+1 for Console2, back when I had to use Windows at a previous job I used Console2 as it was the closest thing I could find to the linux terminal emulators I'm used to.
- rlvesco7 13y ago
  If you have cygwin, you can install gnome-terminal. Works perfectly ... once you get it working ;)
  - PhasmaFelis 13y ago
    Yeah, good luck with that. I spent like a damn week trying to run gnome-terminal under Cygwin, and never did get it right. I'd love to hear any tips, though.
lukeck 13y ago
I've been using Console2 for a while and really like it. Last week a colleague pointed out an alternative called ConEmu. It's actively developed and has a bunch of extra features. I'm trying it out but haven't made up my mind which I prefer yet. The decision seems like it will largely be a tradeoff between configuartion complexity and flexibility. https://code.google.com/p/conemu-maximus5/ https://code.google.com/p/conemu-maximus5/.
- jmspring 13y ago
  Use comemu myself when dealing with windows. It makes things better, but still cmd and ps really are horrible command interpreters.
- kidproquo 13y ago
  I use ConEmu as well. I like the tabbed interface and the way it does select/copy/paste (close to the Windows way) in the CMD console. And, it has some pretty cool support for the FAR Manager. Here's a nice writeup by Scott Hanselman: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ConEmuTheWindowsTerminalConsolePromptWeveBeenWaitingFor.aspx http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ConEmuTheWindowsTerminalConsol...
kryten 13y ago
PowerShell is ok until you actually have to use it for something non-trivial, at which point it's the usual "layers-of-pain" that you get with anything Microsoft these days.

digitallogic 13y ago

+1 for Console2, back when I had to use Windows at a previous job I used Console2 as it was the closest thing I could find to the linux terminal emulators I'm used to.

rlvesco7 13y ago
If you have cygwin, you can install gnome-terminal. Works perfectly ... once you get it working ;)
- PhasmaFelis 13y ago
  Yeah, good luck with that. I spent like a damn week trying to run gnome-terminal under Cygwin, and never did get it right. I'd love to hear any tips, though.

lukeck 13y ago

I've been using Console2 for a while and really like it. Last week a colleague pointed out an alternative called ConEmu. It's actively developed and has a bunch of extra features. I'm trying it out but haven't made up my mind which I prefer yet. The decision seems like it will largely be a tradeoff between configuartion complexity and flexibility. https://code.google.com/p/conemu-maximus5/ https://code.google.com/p/conemu-maximus5/.

jmspring 13y ago
Use comemu myself when dealing with windows. It makes things better, but still cmd and ps really are horrible command interpreters.
kidproquo 13y ago
I use ConEmu as well. I like the tabbed interface and the way it does select/copy/paste (close to the Windows way) in the CMD console. And, it has some pretty cool support for the FAR Manager. Here's a nice writeup by Scott Hanselman: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ConEmuTheWindowsTerminalConsolePromptWeveBeenWaitingFor.aspx http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ConEmuTheWindowsTerminalConsol...

kryten 13y ago

PowerShell is ok until you actually have to use it for something non-trivial, at which point it's the usual "layers-of-pain" that you get with anything Microsoft these days.