Microsoft announces developer tools for Windows: a set of Linux-like command line utilities called Coreutils, WSL containers, an Intelligent Terminal, and more
UNIX-style core utilities for Windows.Windows Developer Blog:Build 2026: Furthering Windows as the trusted platform for developmentHamza Usmani /Microsoft:Announcing Intelligent Terminal 0.1Michael Larabel /Phoronix:Microsoft Announces Open-Source “Intelligent Terminal”Rich Edmonds /XDA Developers:I ditched VMs for Linux containers, and my home server finally has room to breatheLawrence Abrams /BleepingComputer:Microsoft's Coreutils project brings Linux commands to WindowsSayan Sen /Neowin:Micro
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- Coreutils for Windows — UNIX-style core utilities for Windows. GitHub
- Build 2026: Furthering Windows as the trusted platform for development Windows Developer Blog
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- I ditched VMs for Linux containers, and my home server finally has room to breathe XDA Developers · Rich Edmonds
- Microsoft's Coreutils project brings Linux commands to Windows BleepingComputer · Lawrence Abrams
- Microsoft outs new Windows 11 native command-line utility. Revolutionizes native app making. Neowin · Sayan Sen
- With Intelligent Terminal, Microsoft is reinventing the Windows terminal The New Stack · Frederic Lardinois
- Build 2026: Microsoft Optimizes Windows 11 for Developers Thurrott · Paul Thurrott
- Microsoft is building a ‘quiet’ Windows, starting with animated grass PCWorld · Mark Hachman
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- Microsoft brings native Linux command tools to Windows 11 with Coreutils Pureinfotech · Mauro Huculak
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Phoronix
Michael Larabel
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Microsoft Announces Open-Source “Intelligent Terminal”
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@xenopanther
Xeno
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Coreutils coming to Windows! [image]
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@tomwarren
Tom Warren
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Microsoft's new developer-optimized Windows experience embraces Linux even more. Microsoft has created Coreutils for Windows from the uutils open-source project, and is launching new WSL containers in a bid to make Windows a trusted platform for devs👇 https://www.theverge.com/...
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@bdsams
Brad Sams
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This is the first time, in several years at Build, that Windows has a future.
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@mweinbach
Max Weinbach
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Wow, Microsoft is really working on Windows to make it just so much more dev and AI agent friendly Fantastic! https://www.youtube.com/...
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@windowsdev
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Unmetered intelligence delivered on Windows with new on-device SLMs, Aion 1.0 Instruct and Aion 1.0 Plan, and the expansion of Windows AI APIs to more Windows 11 PCs across CPUs and GPUs 🧠 #MSBuild See how we are helping accelerate local AI development: https://blogs.windows.com/…
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Pavan Davuluri
Pavan Davuluri
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Energized to be back at Build with the developer community and share what we have been building. Today, we're introducing new Windows capabilities designed …
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@bradshoemaker
Brad Shoemaker
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Dave Cutler is spinning in his grave. — github.com/microsoft/co...
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@uutils@mastodon.social
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Exciting to see Microsoft using uutils as the basis for Coreutils for Windows. — https://github.com/... https://www.theverge.com/... Bringing cross-platform, Rust-based coreutils to more developers is exactly why this project exists: familiar Unix tools, native performance, a…
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r/linux
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Microsoft forked the Rust uutils as their own Microsoft Coreutils, under the MIT license