On Windows, if you want to use open-source command-line tools, it's best to use Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), which gives you a full Linux environment runn

On Windows, if you want to use open-source command-line tools, it's best to use Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), which gives you a full Linux environment running in a VM that's tightly-coupled with the Windows OS (you can run windows .exe files from a linux terminal and they magically work). However, the Windows Way is to typically avoid CLI tools and use a GUI program. For instance, you might use Handbrake instead of using ffmpeg directly. These two rules solve the following problem: > Holy moly. I can't imagine going through this "hunt it down, make sure it is from a trusted source, manually tie it into your system" for every little tool I want to quickly use