Replacing XShell with Windows Terminal 1.0

I use XShell as default SSH client at work to “tail” ERRORS so that I can produce related logs in JIRA bugs. Furthermore, Xftp is baked into XShell as well and they do get along well whenever I need to find a backup log file. Both are powerful tools and more than enough for my tasks. As I’ve been replacing lots of third-party software for first-party applications or web applications recently for the sake of simplicity, Windows Terminal 1.0 release is a welcome change. I’ve been using the preview with XShell side by side and version 1.0 release finally gave me confidence to remove XShell.

To get this look, add parameters “useAcrylic”: true, “acrylicOpacity”: 0.5 to settings.json profiles > defaults

Don’t forget to meddle with the settings.json as well.

“acrylicOpacity” : 0.5,

“useAcrylic” : true

Of course, I’ll miss my saved connections. Now I keep a text file of IP addresses to all the QA and UAT servers but I can live with that. Windows Terminal is lightweight, fast and pretty good for an average user. It’s free, open-source and from Microsoft itself.

Get it from Microsoft Store: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/windows-terminal/9n0dx20hk701?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

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