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Couldn't agree more. I'm trying Windows 10 after many years on Linux, and I'm amazed at the hot mess I find. There isn't even a usable terminal. ConEmu looks like it could work with enough tweaking, still trying to get all characters to show up properly (many do, some don't).


Conemu works (and is opensource) and Microsoft has already said they're adding official pty support.

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/2018/08/02/wind...

Every mac owner quickly switches to iTerm from built in terminal nd lets be honest - there are a bazillion payware options for windows people could use too.


I think they are working on that though.

Since they tweaked the CMD for the Linux subsystem




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