Terminal: the microsoft console that unifies powershell, cmd and wsl

Microsoft has announced the official launch of Terminal. It is a new application for those who use console mode regularly. Since it allows access to a different user interface, which provides some additional functions, such as text rendering via GPU or rich text mode, among others. Although it is another aspect that makes it so special.

Terminal: The Microsoft console that unifies PowerShell, CMD and WSL

Since this console has the honor of being the one that unifies the three consoles that existed so far. So PowerShell, CMD and Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) are integrated in this way.

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Until now, each of these consoles was used for a different purpose. While PowerShell and CMD have a great bond. While Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is in charge of giving access to distributions like Ubuntu. With this new application, the American company surprises everyone, since they all come together on a single console.

Terminal expects to provide a series of functions or support of interest. Since support for tabs, keyboard shortcuts, emojis, extensions or even custom themes, among many others, is expected. In addition, it will be based on graphics for rendering fonts.

The preliminary version of Terminal is already a reality. Although it is not expected until June when the first stable and official version will be ready. In the middle of the month they have said from the company. We will surely know more about the launch soon.

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