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Windows 10 Native SSH client inside CMD is crazy nice, no more putty... given its a windows feature and all!

(Hidden in additional features if any one is interested, will need a reboot to work)

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  • 14
    Waiting for Windows bashers to comment anytime now...
  • 2
    This is pretty neat. I'm guessing this is separate from the Ubuntu sub system?
  • 4
    Its the UoW thing right?

    I'll be honest, the fake bash terminal isn't as good, as just having a linux boot - a windows user who has both.

    (99% of my time i use linux for work... Windows is just not good at all for what i do.)
  • 3
    @kunashe it is seperate to the Ubuntu sub system, although I can’t seem to see anyway of having multi servers saved for quick access so I may hold onto putty for a while.

    @D--M with all the issues of grub failing for dual boot, I only use Linux distros inside vms, mostly servers but a couple of DEs aswell.

    The subsystem of Ubuntu is basically a minimal Ubuntu server with no root.
    Kinda disappointing but it has some use when testing small scripts.
  • 4
    @C0D4

    So for I've not had any issues with dual boot on windows with ubuntu 17.10, both on my home pc and on my windows work laptop.
  • 1
    It doesn't have anything to do with the subsystem. It's a native application by Microsoft.
  • 0
    @speedForce I too run bash on windows 😉
  • 0
    Does it support SSH keys?
  • 1
    @olback I think it's supposed to be just the openSSH client (and soon server) on windows.

    So you should be able to use openSSH keys. I havn't tried yet though. I am one of those using subsystem or putty :P .
  • 1
    @olback apparently you can, haven't tried yet. Both the server and client can be installed.
    I'm only playing with my RaspPI with it at the moment.
  • 0
    I don't have this update yet so I'm still waiting. Can it sshuttle? Because that's my only beef with WSL right now.
  • 1
    @Bitwise that’s true but it just becomes habit for what system your working with, I jump between windows and Linux so much I don’t notice them anymore.
  • 0
    Only took thirty years!
  • 0
    I'm not seeing an obvious way to install or enable this on my Windows 10 VM, so please indulge me for a question.

    Does copy and paste work the same terrible way cmd does? If so, then how in the world would anybody use this over putty?
  • 0
    @notcool you could try Cygwin on win7

    @bahua what’s so terrible about right clicking to paste? I mean you already had your hand on the mouse to copy something anyway.
  • 0
    @C0D4

    Having to move your hand to the mouse for a simple operation on a command line is absolutely unacceptable.
  • 1
    @bahua I’ve done it for 20 years, I had to think how you paste it’s that automatic. You could also attempt to find the insert key if you wanted to keep it keyboard only but that’s usually half a keyboard away and seems worse then a simple right click.
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