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Powershell doesn’t “focus on windows admin” any more than bash focuses on linux admin.

What do you mean?



Bash is my primary entry point for using Linux. Bash is also used by admins.

Using Windows is mostly GUI first, and traditional (DOS) command line second. Powershell is mostly used by admins.


Oh gotcha. We have very different experiences with powershell.


It’s available in other OSs now, but my exposure to it has mainly been windows server and endpoint environments.

YMMV, I’m mainly speaking from my own experience/history with powershell. For a long time it was the only way I knew of to manage various aspects of low level windows OS settings.


Gotcha. Speaking as someone who isn’t a fan of windows after about windows 2000, powershell is quite powerful, if not a touch verbose. Worth reading up on if you have a need to use it on any kind of cadence.




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