Microsoft keeps turning Windows into Linux

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Microsoft has unveiled Coreutils for Windows, a Microsoft-maintained project that brings familiar Linux command-line tools such as ls, cat, and grep directly to Windows. While Linux utilities on Windows are nothing new, the significance here is that Microsoft is now actively building and supporting native implementations as part of its broader effort to make Windows feel more at home for developers who live in Linux-centric workflows.

Cloudflare now controls a huge piece of the open source web

Cloudflare void zero

Cloudflare has acquired VoidZero, the company behind Vite and several major JavaScript development tools. The company promises everything will remain open source and vendor neutral, but developers may still have concerns about growing consolidation in the AI-native web stack.

Microsoft turns Windows Terminal into an open-source AI shell

Intelligent Terminal

Microsoft has launched Intelligent Terminal 0.1, an experimental open-source fork of Windows Terminal that brings AI agents directly into the shell with contextual assistance, automatic error detection, and background task handling.

Deepgram unveils Saga, a voice-powered interface for developers who want to ditch the keyboard

Saga

Deepgram says developers are wasting time alt-tabbing between tools, so it built Saga, a voice-powered interface it calls a “Voice OS.” But does voice-first coding really solve the problem or is this just marketing hype?