Here are all the ways it spies on you: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/search?q=Telemetry%3A%... https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/main/src/host/tel...
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Windows Terminal Source Code
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Re: Windows Terminal Source Code
#12this caught my eye: >>Installing and running Windows Terminal Note: Windows Terminal requires Windows 10 2004 (build 19041) or later Microsoft Store [Recommended] Install the Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store. This allows you to always be on the latest version when we release new builds with automatic upgrades. This is our preferred method. Other install methods Via GitHub For users who are unable to install…
You can also just install it with winget
And the winget version updates automatically with the Microsoft Store (not that that matters much if you are into using scoop/choco, since you know to just scoop upgrade)
Re: Windows Terminal Source Code
#13Just wondering -- why would Microsoft release the source code for this component of Windows?
Not sure I'd really call this a component of the OS. It is a new app that works with various shells (including cmd, powershell, and WSL) to create a better experience using them including tabbed view so you can have multiple terminals from a single window.
The core console emulator for Windows is a part of this too: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/tree/main/src/host
Re: Windows Terminal Source Code
#14Here are all the ways it spies on you: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/search?q=Telemetry%3A%... https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/main/src/host/tel...
ok, what do those do?
tell microsoft when you’re using features. presumably because they have a culture of metrics and every feature is required to have data on its usage patterns
Re: Windows Terminal Source Code
#15Here are all the ways it spies on you: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/search?q=Telemetry%3A%... https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/main/src/host/tel...
The horror!
Re: Windows Terminal Source Code
#16Just wondering -- why would Microsoft release the source code for this component of Windows?
There are multiple projects in this repo. Windows Terminal, which the other commenters focus on, is a relatively new standalone app and not (yet?) bundled with the OS. They opted to open source it from the start, more or less. The other part is conhost, which is the classical terminal that has existed in Windows for decades. Some of the layout and rendering logic was pulled out of conhost to be shared with Terminal, and the two projects are maintained by the same team, so they open-sourced both. As I understand it, they then ship conhost and its shared components in Windows releases.
Re: Windows Terminal Source Code
#17Here are all the ways it spies on you: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/search?q=Telemetry%3A%... https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/main/src/host/tel...
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Re: Windows Terminal Source Code
#18Here are all the ways it spies on you: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/search?q=Telemetry%3A%... https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/main/src/host/tel...
ok, what do those do?
i read the code , they take usage data points build a logfile and wait for a request to retrive.
Re: Windows Terminal Source Code
#19Just wondering -- why would Microsoft release the source code for this component of Windows?
There are multiple projects in this repo. Windows Terminal, which the other commenters focus on, is a relatively new standalone app and not (yet?) bundled with the OS. They opted to open source it from the start, more or less. The other part is conhost, which is the classical terminal that has existed in Windows for decades. Some of the layout and rendering logic was pulled out of conhost to be shared with Terminal,…
AFAIK it is bundled since Windows 11.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
ok, what do those do?
tell microsoft when you’re using features. presumably because they have a culture of metrics and every feature is required to have data on its usage patterns
It's just used to drive improvement efforts rather than focusing on features + bugs no one cares about/uses.