The new Windows Terminal

[Weasel]

It feels like they're finally catching up with time over at Microsoft. This actually looks quite cool. What do you guys think?

They actually also open-sourced it:

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[Ghost]

It's about time, I bet you this will come with Windows 12 this year though.

 

[Ethereal]

Surprised they open-sourced it, would be tempted to ditch my linux machines if was actually viable for full dev work.

 

[MayoMayn]

Surprised they open-sourced it, would be tempted to ditch my linux machines if was actually viable for full dev work.

Just use WSL, bruh

 

[Ethereal]

Just use WSL, bruh

Used it when it came out, and it sucked!

 

[MayoMayn]

Used it when it came out, and it sucked!

How did it suck?
I mean if you use GUI based tools such as Electron and Cypress I'd understand, because that's a hassle to setup.
Both VSCode and IntelliJ IDEA have WSL integration.
Docker and Kubernetes ain't a problem either.

 

[RastaLulz]

It sucks.

 

[Ecko]

Just use WSL, bruh

Dumbest thing I've read in awhile

 

[MayoMayn]

Dumbest thing I've read in awhile

People keep saying it's dumb, but doesn't elaborate on why.
Using the current Windows terminal is even more stupid.
Either people are retarded and doesn't know how to use WSL, or they'd just rather fuck around with CLI tools in a Windows terminal that barely works, lmfao.
Good luck with your frozen and stuck terminals ??

 

[Ecko]

People keep saying it's dumb, but doesn't elaborate on why.
Using the current Windows terminal is even more stupid.
Either people are retarded and doesn't know how to use WSL, or they'd just rather fuck around with CLI tools in a Windows terminal that barely works, lmfao.
Good luck with your frozen and stuck terminals ??

Or use the real thing and not a bad "subsystem" that takes 30+ minutes to compile gcc.

 

[Hypothesis]

Honestly, I like the new design of the terminal, it fits the modern technology state, which is good.

 

[Adil]

I like the look of this, Windows is finally moving into the 21st century

People keep saying it's dumb, but doesn't elaborate on why.
Using the current Windows terminal is even more stupid.
Either people are retarded and doesn't know how to use WSL, or they'd just rather fuck around with CLI tools in a Windows terminal that barely works, lmfao.
Good luck with your frozen and stuck terminals ??

Isn't WSL an emulation layer? It doesn't match up to proper Linux imo (it's good... but not that good).. Also, have you tried Powershell? Much better than cmd and even matches up to bash in some aspects

 

[griimnak]

Used it when it came out, and it sucked!

When it first came out it sucked, i remember tcp ports were broken but everything is fixed now.

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Or use the real thing and not a bad "subsystem" that takes 30+ minutes to compile gcc.

True, it's really useful otherwise though

The new Windows Terminal looks appealing but its needs splitting.

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Once they add splitting, goodbye

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[Macemore]

It's about time, I bet you this will come with Windows 12 this year though.

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There wont be a Windows 12
Personally I think MIcrosoft will always be playing Catch up, they keep promising features and then removing them from preview builds without warning. Assholes are teasing us over and over

 

[RastaLulz]

On a more serious note, I think this is a great step in the right direction. The terminal is one of the main things that keeps me on macOS (and the ability to use "*nix commands"). This combined with WSL, I think it is really interesting. For instance, I can run a bash script of mine through the Ubuntu Terminal, which works with Docker (that I think I installed via Windows). I look forward to continued integration.