Setup

1. Install .NET from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download
2. Install PowerShell as a .NET Core module: dotnet tool install --global PowerShell

Terminal setup

1. Install CascadiaCodeNF.ttf from https://github.com/microsoft/cascadia-code/releases
2. Open Terminal then Settings (Ctrl + ,)
3. Update actions key:

"actions": 
[
    {
        "command": 
        {
            "action": "closeTab"
        },
        "keys": "ctrl+w"
    },
    {
        "command": 
        {
            "action": "splitPane",
            "split": "auto"
        },
        "keys": "ctrl+shift+\\"
    },
    {
        "command": 
        {
            "action": "newTab"
        },
        "keys": "ctrl+t"
    }
],

4. Update profiles.defaults key:

   "profiles":
   {
     "defaults": 
     {
         "bellStyle": "window",
         "font": 
         {
             "face": "CaskaydiaCove Nerd Font",
             "size": 10.0
         },
         "opacity": 92
     },
     ...
   }

PowerShell setup

1. Install posh-git
2. Install oh-my-posh
3. Copy or link files in PowerShell directory to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\PowerShell
4. Update paths in PowerShell/Microsoft.*.ps1 files to the correct common_profile.ps1 path.

Helpful articles

• https://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToMakeAPrettyPromptInWindowsTerminalWithPowerlineNerdFontsCascadiaCodeWSLAndOhmyposh.aspx
  • Note: This is an older article. Some steps may not be necessary now.

More software

• VS Code - https://code.visualstudio.com/ Really good code editor.

• XShell - https://www.netsarang.com/en/xshell/ Good SSH client.

• KiTTY - http://www.9bis.net/kitty/ Good SSH client. (Better than the one provided with PuTTY)

• PuTTY - http://www.putty.org/ Comes with PuTTYgen for generating keys.