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Why Microsoft open sourced PowerShell and ported it to Linux (www.cio.com)

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In the comments section of a recent post I found out that Windows PowerShell had been ported to Linux. Had no clue it was a thing.

Went looking and found this old article attempting to explain why they did it. Not remotely interested in giving up Bash for PowerShell, but I thought it was interesting enough to share. The article seems to be from 2016.

I have never been more tempted to check the NSFW box, but I'll leave it open for now unless a mod complains. :-D

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

So you’re saying Powershell doesn’t uphold Unix Philosophy and thus shouldn’t be used?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

PowerShell actually does uphold the Linux philosophy pretty well. Most functions are in modules that can be imported, disabled or swapped out as appropriate.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

PS looking good

this post was submitted on 29 May 2025

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