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PowerShell is genuinely good now, and most Linux users won't admit it

For a long time, the unspoken rule in Linux circles has been that PowerShell is a Windows thing, and Bash is the real deal. Even I maintained this position at first, because early iterations of ...
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Planning for PowerShell Script Usage in a Multiplatform Environment

PowerShell cross-platform limitations break Windows-only cmdlets, .NET dependencies, and Windows Forms GUIs on Linux. Dual booting and WinBoat enable Windows PowerShell compatibility but introduce ...
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Microsoft's Coreutils finally gave Windows the eight commands I was using Linux for

Eight commands that replaced WSL for almost everything I actually do.
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Microsoft’s Powershell goes open source

Software King of the World, Microsoft, has announced that its Powershell automation and scripting system is going open source. Vole has already released alpha versions of PowerShell for Linux and Mac ...
ZDNet

Windows Subsystem for Linux gives developers a compelling reason to stick with Microsoft - here's why

Upgrades to WSL make Linux on Windows more powerful. Linux gets more direct access to GPUs and NPUs. A pure Linux desktop is still best for AI devs. Microsoft takes one more step towards a Linux ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft's Coreutils project brings Linux commands to Windows

Microsoft announced today at its Build 2026 developer conference the release of Coreutils for Windows, bringing many commonly used Linux command-line utilities to Windows as native applications. The ...