On: Typing inside of the default WSL terminal feels am...

[wirrbel]

How I wish that I could use the new terminal app on the windows 10 build that is installed on my work Laptop.

[rb808 → wirrbel]

Wow your work laptop is up to 10 already? We've started to plan our migration.

[ChrisSD → rb808]

Windows 7.1 extend support ends on January 14, 2020. So is your org planning a very fast rollout or is it paying $$$ for Extended Security Updates?

[poizan42 → ChrisSD]

There is nothing called Windows 7.1. Windows 7 extended support ends January 14, 2020. Windows 8.1 won't end its extended support until January 10, 2023.

[snazz → poizan42]

It most likely is a reference to Windows 7 SP1. I've never seen it written as "7.1" but that is probably what they meant.

[ChrisSD → snazz]

Yes sorry, that was a brain fart. I did indeed mean SP1. The Windows SDK version is 7.1 so I got muddled.

Windows 7 (without SP1) is already unsupported.

[rb808 → ChrisSD]

My org is a battleship lol.

[ChrisSD → rb808]

Ah, $$$ it is!

[wirrbel → rb808]

we even have WSL. I think someone in upper management pressured IT to either upgrade or start supporting Ubuntu laptops and that kind of got them going.

[Kipters → wirrbel]

is it because it's distributed through the store or because you're on a too old version of Windows? In the first case, you could probably build it yourself and install it on your own

EDIT: you can download built packages from the Releases tab https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases

[wirrbel → Kipters]

yeah, you can download it but not run it and my windows build is not recent enough according to the docs of microsoft/terminal

[kienkien → wirrbel]

what is good about this app?

[Kipters → kienkien]

It's faster and works better than old conhost.exe

they're also planning to overhaul it with more modern features judging from its trailer[0] (yes, this terminal has a fancy 3D trailer)

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gw0rXPMMPE

[kienkien → Kipters]

The real app look nothing like this clip. Really awful, that I have go back to Cmder

[sterlind → kienkien]

I'd recommend giving it another go and digging into the documentation. They've made the UX much less clunky and support panes now as well as tabs, proper copy/paste etc. My only wish is modal keybindings but if I cared enough I'd send a PR for them.

It was extremely barebones six months ago but it's come a long way, and faster than anything else I've tried.

[Kipters → kienkien]

I'd see that video more as a "where we want to head this tool in the future" rather than an actual showcase of its current state to be honest