Introducing Sudo for Windows!
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Introducing Sudo for Windows We’re excited to announce the release of Sudo for Windows in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26052! Sudo for Windows is a new way for users to run elevated commands directly from an unelevated console session. It is an ergonomic and familiar solution for users who want to elevate a command without having to first open a new elevated console.

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26052 to the Canary and Dev Channels.

Insiders in the Canary Channel will receive Build 26052.1000 while Insiders in the Dev Channel will receive Build

  • Nyfure@kbin.social
    1·
    11 months ago

    afaik they also alias common linux/gnu commands like curl… but the syntax isnt like curl at all

    • OmnislashIsACloudApp@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      I definitely spent a frustrated 45 minutes trying to figure out why curl wasn’t working when it was supposed to be supported in PowerShell.

      then I hit tab a couple of times and noticed curl.exe was an option, that works exactly the same as I had expected with original syntax.

      they do this to a lot of things though a lot of common commands end up being an alias to a powershell command with a specific option set that doesn’t always line up