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- PowerToys 0.96 is here: endpoints for Advanced Paste, metadata support for PowerRename and more!by Niels Laute on November 19, 2025 at 1:11 pm
We are back with a fresh PowerToys release! This month brings a redesigned Advanced Paste experience with support for multiple AI model endpoints, a wave of improvements to Command Palette, and plenty of smaller upgrades across the utility suite. Grab the update by checking for updates in PowerToys or heading to the release page. Let’s The post PowerToys 0.96 is here: endpoints for Advanced Paste, metadata support for PowerRename and more! appeared first on Windows Command Line.
- PowerToys 0.95 is here: new Light Switch utility, faster Command Palette, and Peek with Spacebarby Niels Laute on October 15, 2025 at 11:22 pm
New month, new release! This one’s packed with quality-of-life improvements, performance boosts, and a bunch of long-standing community requests finally checked off the list — all while keeping the focus on fundamentals like speed and reliability! Get the update by checking for updates in PowerToys or heading to the release page. Let’s dive in! 🆕 The post PowerToys 0.95 is here: new Light Switch utility, faster Command Palette, and Peek with Spacebar appeared first on Windows Command Line.
- PowerToys 0.94 is here: Settings search, shortcut conflict detection and more!by Niels Laute on September 2, 2025 at 3:31 pm
This release is all about quality-of-life improvements — making it easier to find the setting you’re looking for, spot shortcut conflicts, and even adding a new way to move your mouse cursor. Get the update by checking for updates in PowerToys or heading to the release page. Search in Settings PowerToys has grown a lot The post PowerToys 0.94 is here: Settings search, shortcut conflict detection and more! appeared first on Windows Command Line.
- Windows Terminal Preview 1.24 Releaseby Kayla Cinnamon on August 26, 2025 at 4:02 pm
We’re back with another Terminal release for you! This development cycle, we focused on overall quality of life improvements and bug fixes. We are also updating Windows Terminal stable to version 1.23, which will include all of the features from this previous blog post. Some notable features to call out are: 🌟 A completely new The post Windows Terminal Preview 1.24 Release appeared first on Windows Command Line.
- PowerToys 0.93 is here: faster Command Palette, new dashboard UX and moreby Niels Laute on August 13, 2025 at 3:11 pm
Hey PowerToys fans! We’re back with a fresh release: PowerToys 0.93! As usual, we’ve squashed a bunch of bugs and made some small quality of life tweaks, but we’ve also packed in some bigger, exciting changes you’ll want to check out. Get the update by checking for updates in PowerToys or heading to the release The post PowerToys 0.93 is here: faster Command Palette, new dashboard UX and more appeared first on Windows Command Line.
- Edit is now open sourceby Christopher Nguyen on May 19, 2025 at 4:04 pm
What is Edit? Edit is a new command-line text editor in Windows. Edit is open source, so you can build the code or install the latest version from GitHub! This CLI text editor will be available to preview in the Windows Insider Program in the coming months. After that, it will ship as part of The post Edit is now open source appeared first on Windows Command Line.
- Fedora Linux is now an official WSL distroby Jeremy Cline on May 6, 2025 at 4:00 pm
We’re pleased to announce that one of the latest additions to the list of official WSL distros is Fedora Linux! The Fedora Project has taken advantage of WSL’s new tar-based architecture to produce WSL images beginning with Fedora 42. Try it out To install it, run wsl –-install FedoraLinux-42and then launch it with wsl –d The post Fedora Linux is now an official WSL distro appeared first on Windows Command Line.
- Terminal Chat now included in GitHub Copilot Freeby Christopher Nguyen on February 26, 2025 at 5:32 pm
Windows Terminal Canary users can now use Terminal Chat with the GitHub Copilot Free plan! 🚀 GitHub Copilot Free is limited to 50 chat messages per month. This includes the usage of Copilot in the CLI, VS Code, and Visual Studio. If you reach your quota, you can upgrade on the web. You can sign The post Terminal Chat now included in GitHub Copilot Free appeared first on Windows Command Line.
- Windows Terminal Preview 1.23 Releaseby Christopher Nguyen on February 6, 2025 at 12:50 am
Happy New Year everyone! Here is our first Windows Terminal Preview release of the year! In this release, we focused on porting many of our beloved settings to the Settings UI. We also have several bug fixes and accessibility updates as well. We are also updating Windows Terminal stable to version 1.22 which will include The post Windows Terminal Preview 1.23 Release appeared first on Windows Command Line.
- What’s new in the Windows Subsystem for Linux in November 2024by Craig Loewen on November 19, 2024 at 1:40 pm
The latest updates to WSL bring new enterprise security features, new improvements to WSL distros, and the announcement that RedHat is officially becoming a WSL distro! Check out the table of contents in this post for a quick overview of all the announcements! Red Hat is becoming an official WSL distro Although you can run The post What’s new in the Windows Subsystem for Linux in November 2024 appeared first on Windows Command Line.













