PuTTY

history

History of PuTTY’s development (chiark.greenend.org.uk) I received email from a software architect asking me if there was a writeup of the history and gradual development of the PuTTY tool suite. I wrote and sent a long response, and having done that, it seemed a shame to waste it. So here it is as a public article too.

Iconography of the PuTTY tools (chiark.greenend.org.uk) In March 2025 I received an email asking about PuTTY’s “logo” – the icon used by the Windows executable. The sender wanted to know where it had come from, and how it had evolved over time.

Mount Baker–Snoqualmie National Forest (Wikipedia) The Mount Baker–Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington is a National Forest extending more than 140 miles (230 km) along the western slopes of the Cascade Range from the Canada–US border to the northern boundary of Mount Rainier National Park. Administered by the United States Forest Service, the forest is headquartered in Everett. There are local ranger district offices in North Bend and Skykomish.