@Brunel,

I remember Win 3.xx! I even used MS-DOS 6.11! Remember those days, when Windows was a "bolt-on" to DOS??? Now things have reversed and DOS ( or Command Prompt as it's now known as) is the background environment that you do not notice any more!

Yours,

I've still got a set of Windows 1.0 disks.

i'm trying files, which seems to be very customiseable

https://files.community/docs/getting-started/install

Installing Windows from a set of floppies was very frustrating when done on a PC where the Disk Eject button was bang next the Hardware Reset button.

(in retrospect should have taped a plastic cap or something over the latter after the first mishap)

In reply to a post by mking90031:

I remember Win 3.xx! I even used MS-DOS 6.11! Remember those days, when Windows was a "bolt-on" to DOS??? Now things have reversed and DOS ( or Command Prompt as it's now known as) is the background environment that you do not notice any more!

Some of us remember DOS 2, and DOS 3, then DOS 4, 5 and then 6..... and things like DoubleSpace in 6.2 Also Windows 1.03, 2.0, 2.1/286, and 2.1/386, and then Windows 3.0, 3.1, 3.11/workgroups and on.

Windows XP merged the DOS and Windows 9x/ME world and the NT/2000 world into one operating system. "Command Prompt" whilst it looks like a DOS prompt is vastly more capable, and really should be called NT Console. Windows Terminal that comes built in to 11 (and installable on 10) has the ability to choose CMD or PowerShell or even an Azure Shell if you are so inclined.

Evolution over 35+ years of my life... 😁

In reply to a post by jchamier:

Windows Terminal that comes built in to 11 (and installable on 10) has the ability to choose CMD or PowerShell or even an Azure Shell if you are so inclined.

Windows Terminal also integrates perfectly with ssh.exe which I use extensively. It's completely replaced PuTTY for me.

In reply to a post by Oliver341:

Windows Terminal also integrates perfectly with ssh.exe which I use extensively. It's completely replaced PuTTY for me.

I've read reports the built in SSH and SCP are not as good as those in WSL, but I also use them. PuTTY has its own way of handling copy/paste with the mouse, and I prefer the Terminal, for my occasional SSH connections. (Most now seem to be via Azure or AWS tools).

In reply to a post by jchamier:

I've read reports the built in SSH and SCP are not as good as those in WSL, but I also use them.

I've tended to avoid WSL due to poor IPv6 support. I should probably look into the newer mirrored networking mode which apparently fixes this.

i prefer tabby over putty

In reply to a post by Oliver341:

I've tended to avoid WSL due to poor IPv6 support. I should probably look into the newer mirrored networking mode which apparently fixes this.

I've recently been connecting to a Linux GUI desktop via VNC (over a strong VPN) and using all my SSH from a lightweight xfce desktop. Kinda forgot Windows was moving on