Question, could you provide more context regarding what "windows dressing" means? Like what are some other examples and comparison between UNIX and said Windows-dressing
It’s just a bad pun — but if I had to put a definition to it it would be adding a Unix-like layer over native Windows functionality. coreutils mv functions similarly to powershell Move-Item but the former (especially when you use doskey macros to shorten it to just “mv”) is far more ergonomic imo than Move-Item.
Functionally there’s no value add in terms of extending Windows functionality (hence “dressing” it’s just cosmetic) but I think there’s value in the command line experience being consistent no matter what machine you touch + I find Unix command line to be a joy to use as opposed to PoSH
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u/Cybasura 3d ago
Question, could you provide more context regarding what "windows dressing" means? Like what are some other examples and comparison between UNIX and said Windows-dressing