Microsoft has set a firm date to excise a long‑running compatibility relic: Windows PowerShell 2.0 will be removed from shipping Windows images beginning with Windows 11, version 24H2 (rollout starting August 2025) and will follow in Windows Server 2025 (September 2025) — a change already...
On a Windows box I reach for a Linux shell first — not because Windows tooling is broken, but because the Unix-style command line gives me the fastest, most portable path from idea to execution. That preference, which many readers will recognize from long years of using bash, zsh, or other...
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