To your edit, it isn’t the same thing as cmd. It’s more like konsole or kitty or gnome-terminal. It is a terminal container that can run cmd or powershell or bash for you.
It has other features that are nice, and that more useful systems have had since the 90s. If you’re stuck on windows, it’s to putty what ie used to be for netscape. You can use it to download putty, or use it and only be mildly irritated on someone else’s system.
To your edit, it isn’t the same thing as cmd. It’s more like konsole or kitty or gnome-terminal. It is a terminal container that can run cmd or powershell or bash for you.
It has other features that are nice, and that more useful systems have had since the 90s. If you’re stuck on windows, it’s to putty what ie used to be for netscape. You can use it to download putty, or use it and only be mildly irritated on someone else’s system.