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- chocolatey for installing apps (most of what I need anyway) - WSL for command line stuff, python, rust - bleachbit for clean up of files, be careful and pay
by stjohnswarts 4y ago
- chocolatey for installing apps (most of what I need anyway)
- WSL for command line stuff, python, rust
- bleachbit for clean up of files, be careful and pay attention obviously
- Immediately switch over to firefox (from Edge) and have brave installed as a backup
- I just don't use the microsoft store at all unless I need to
- malwarebytes for nightly scans, avira free as a virus program instead of defender
- Shutup10++ to turn off most of the privacy invasion antifeatures of windows
- Make notepad++ or gvim default editor
- You can delay or turn off updates in the settings. I just live with the reboots though. I have a fast machine and most programs will have session save features anyway.
That's mostly enough to make it a decent environment.
- majkinetor 4y agoYou can now use winget to install ms store tools via CLI.
- stjohnswarts 4y agoI've used winget to fetch a couple of things (because of windows support pages). I still use choco as my default though. Unless someone shows a huge advantage for winget then I think I'll continue on. I like using programs that aren't under Microsoft's umbrella if I can. Much the same way as avoiding google and amazon.