Konsole

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I was just googling some sort of alternative to cmd.exe because, well, cmd.exe is made of fail and dead puppies. I found several decent looking alternatives, but then I got to thinking... Is there something like the linux program Konsole I could download for Windows XP? If you don't know what Konsole is, its basically a command prompt that supports tabs(you know, like firefox does). Also, one notable feature(at least, its a feature compared to cmd.exe) is the ability to maximize the window and actually have it take up the whole screen without having to full-screen it(as opposed to cmd.exe which requires you to manually set the width if you want it to be wider then 80 characters). Any extra features are a bonus.

AFAIK, KDE exists for Windows.

AFAIK, KDE exists for Windows.

Dividing the problem into two: are you looking for a terminal client or are you wishing to have bash in windows?

http://www.steve.org.uk/Software/bash/

Not really a huge fan of KDE to be honest... I've always found it to be slow and clunky(although definitely visually appealing I must admit). And I highly doubt it'd run very well on this Pentium 3 I'm using.


I'm basically looking for a front-end for cmd.exe that supports tabs and truly maximized windows without too much extra clutter. Although, it seems like most of those types of programs support the usage of other command prompts besides cmd.exe so I'll probably end up using bash with it if I can find one to suit my needs. So, while bash on windows isn't quite what I was looking for, that's still a nice find!
Edit: I find it amusing that on that site they have a version of less ported to windows. Why wouldn't they port more instead? I mean... more is more! lol. As far as I know it does everything less does plus more. I wasn't aware that less was even still being used. On many linux machines I've used, less is aliased to more.

depends on what you're trying to do. I just use cmd.exe in Dos mode; the 'windows' I use is windows...

now if you're trying to play ancient games (Descent 1-2, Duke nukem 3d, heretic, etc), there used to be a program called 'dosbox'...it's free, but not sure if that's what you're looking for.