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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 ...
Network World

Microsoft PowerShell goes open source and lands on Linux and Mac

Sysadmins, rejoice: PowerShell is coming to Linux and Mac. Microsoft announced Thursday that its automation and scripting system is breaking out of the confines of Windows and going open source. The ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft removes PowerShell 2.0 from Windows 11, Windows Server

Microsoft will remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows starting in August, eight years after announcing its deprecation and keeping it around as an optional feature. The 14-year-old command processor ...
Neowin

Here is how Microsoft is improving PowerShell and Windows OpenSSH in 2026Here is how Microsoft is improving PowerShell and Windows OpenSSH in 2026Here is how Microsoft is ...

Microsoft is gearing up for big PowerShell and Windows OpenSSH changes in 2026, but security will come before flashy new features. Although Microsoft has already vowed to work on Windows 11 pain ...

Microsoft makes Linux developers feel more at home in Windows with Coreutils release

Coreutils removes the need for this back and forth, allowing developers to run most Linux commands straight from the Windows CMD command prompt, PowerShell, or Windows Terminal. W ...