[orev]

Never became a thing? You're talking like it's already done and abandoned. You need to recalibrate your perspective to longer timelines. Every release of Windows server removes more and more of the GUI, and nano server can only be setup using powershell commands. MS is completely all-in on this and the WSL is not going to replace it by a long shot.

[k__]

The "removing more and more GUI" part already felt like MS would jump on the Unix/Linux train and abandon their "all can be done via GUI" philosophy.

The PS and WSL story seemed like they tried to do better but gave up.

But what can I say, I'm no Windows guy, just talking from an outside view :)

[electricEmu]

> The PS and WSL story seemed like they tried to do better but gave up.

The PowerShell story is pretty simple: a cross-platform, object oriented shell. Having used it, I attempted to locate a similar Linux solution, to no avail. I'm tired of cutting text and object translation makes my life a great deal more straightforward.

As for WSFL, it seems "Windows can run everything. Docket support is stellar" is a much more likely story than "we gave up and are slowly becoming Linux with a GUI".

[oblio]

They're working on the Linux solution bit: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell