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Now do tiling wm and package manager (with easy source builds from recipes) and it'll start to become a decent OS.

• paavohtl 5y ago
  They do have an official not-quite tiling VM: FancyZones[1]. I don't know how good it is, but it's open source. I personally use AquaSnap [2] (commercial, 18 USD) for my window tiling & snapping needs which has definitely been a worthy purchase. [1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/fancyzones https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/fancyzone... [2] https://www.nurgo-software.com/products/aquasnap https://www.nurgo-software.com/products/aquasnap
  • Jenk 5y ago
    I have been using FancyZones for about a year. It's not quite a twm, it allows you to redefine the snap zones but they are fixed/static. There's also very little in the way of shortcuts to control them.
• userbinator 5y ago
  ...and of course provide an easy way to turn off all the spyware.
• xen2xen1 5y ago
  Have you seen choclatey?
  • geek_at 5y ago
    I love choco and use it heavily. The only thing I'm really missing on Windows coming from Linux is a update commandline utility like apt where I can see all updates and can install them one by one if I want to
    • mariusmg 5y ago
      choco outdated
• suprfnk 5y ago
  Apparently they’re working on an official package manager, open source even: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/ https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/
  • sharken 5y ago
    The state of this new package manager called WinGet was recently discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26845530 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26845530