[cat199]

PuTTY is annoying as hell to help a new person get working

Seriously? There are like 12389127381789 how to guides about how to do it, and it is literally like 3 steps.

Do you really think the person who has problems starting putty is going to thrive in a CLI environment?

[lloeki]

PuTTY's UI is an ass-backward mess (and that's mildly put) and the fact that you're used to put up with it or that there exists five Knuth's arrows worth of guides doesn't change that. In fact the latter is probably a testimony of it all. I've used it for years, know it by heart, still hate it, and am pretty well served by and versed in the unix terminal universe, TY. PuTTY has been useful for sure but that was by scarcity as there was basically no alternative on Windows for a decade or more.