Linux Mint has been nothing but solid and consistent since I started to use it.

This is the idea behind the Brave browser, right?

Couldn't agree more. I'm trying Windows 10 after many years on Linux, and I'm amazed at the hot mess I find. There isn't even a usable terminal. ConEmu looks like it could work with enough tweaking, still trying to get all characters to show up properly (many do, some don't).

Conemu works (and is opensource) and Microsoft has already said they're adding official pty support.

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/2018/08/02/wind...

Every mac owner quickly switches to iTerm from built in terminal nd lets be honest - there are a bazillion payware options for windows people could use too.

I think they are working on that though.

Since they tweaked the CMD for the Linux subsystem

I don't touch aliases. History search with fzf is much better. Same number of keystrokes, but your actions remain clear and explicit.

Do you type Ctrl-r every time issuing git command?

Normally I'm using vim-fugitive, actually.

Did you use vimwiki's diary functionality? `\w\w` to go to today's page.

Vimwiki diary, `\\w` to go to today's file, and even get syntax highlighting blocks for anything vim knows about.

Vimwiki user but unaware of this feature. TIL!

"to no end" means: uselessly. "no end" means: endlessly.

Thanks, wasn't aware of that.

Welcome :-)