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Microsoft's new Linux utilities for Windows are missing the point—here's why WSL wins

Maybe WSL did it better all along.
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Windows 11's sudo command is more useful than PowerShell's run as administrator ever was

Windows is becoming like Linux is a bit of an overstatement. Microsoft is trying to include some good bits of Linux into the OS, mainly a terminal-based package manager like Winget, or the improved ...
Virtualization Review

How to Update the AWS Tools for PowerShell

Unlike Amazon's web interface, AWS does not automatically update command-line tools such as the AWS Tools for PowerShell. If you work with AWS long enough it is inevitable that you will occasionally ...
Redmond Magazine

Best Practices for PowerShell Script Version Control, Part 2

Keep each script version focused on a single change type (patches for fixes, minors for features, majors for breaking changes). Retain all prior versions and never modify an existing release; copy to ...
Streaming Media Magazine

How to Script for FFmpeg Using PowerShell and BASH

FFmpeg was designed as a cross-platform solution for video and audio recording, conversion, and streaming. Its About page describes the command-line tool as “the leading multimedia framework, able to ...