Using Windows after 15 years on Linux

Windows Tools Package Manager Mac

Git for Windows Landing Page
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Git for Windows

We bring the awesome Git SCM to Windows
Pricing:
- Open Source
#SSH #Terminal Tools #Development 80 social mentions
Scoop Landing Page
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Scoop

A command-line installer for Windows
Pricing:
- Open Source
I use Linux and Windows at work and home, and both have advantages and disadvantages. I've been migrating more and more to Linux as my daily driver, so my Windows home machine is basically all games at this point, with a Visual Studio install for occasional software development or things that have to be done on Windows. I used scoop (https://scoop.sh) for software installs and it was almost as nice as any Linux distro's package management. UI issues aside, which I'm not that sensitive too, my biggest complaint with Windows is... I can't easily swap CTRL and CAPS LOCK. Every solution involves becoming an Administrator to edit the registry, or install the SysInternals device driver (!!!) - madness. I used to have a Mac, and it was a toggle setting. Linux as well, if gnome-tweak or the equivalent for whatever desktop is installed. And at home, I can become Administrator to do this. But at work I can't, the systems are very locked down. However on Linux even as a lowly regular user I can setxkbmap and do it. This annoys me a ridiculous amount every time I have to work on a Windows machine.

#Windows Tools #Package Manager #Front End Package Manager 155 social mentions
Chocolatey Landing Page
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Chocolatey

The sane way to manage software on Windows.
Pricing:
- Open Source
For install and update software on Win like repos on linux, I use chocolatey. It is not perfect, but I don't have to download installers from random websites anymore. And update is just one command in cmd. - https://chocolatey.org/.

#Windows Tools #Package Manager #Front End Package Manager 252 social mentions
PureText Landing Page

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PureText

Paste text that is plain text - without any formatting, using a custom hotkey.

I like to use that: https://stevemiller.net/puretext/.

#Clipboard Manager #Mac #Productivity 10 social mentions
vscode.dev Landing Page

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vscode.dev

Now when you go to https://vscode.dev, you'll be presented with a lightweight version of VS Code running fully in the browser.

What about something like https://vscode.dev/ It runs a lighweight copy of vscode entirely in the browser. It looks like the emacs keybinding extension is available for use.

#Open Source #Text Editors #Developer Tools 264 social mentions
Keypirinha Landing Page
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Keypirinha

A lightning fast and flexible keystroke launcher for Windows. No installation required (portable).
Pricing:
- Open Source
Since you mentioned that the tool that act's like Mac's Spotlight was very slow. I have found two better alternative which works wonders: 1. FluentSearch: https://www.fluentsearch.net/. I highly recommend trying this out. It's magically and amazing, and I think this is the closest a tool has got to Spotlight on windows and also has amazing amounts of customizability. I recommend using Everything as the Search Provider, which is tried and tested solution for searching on windows. 2. Keypirinha: https://keypirinha.com/. This is another amazing tool. I believe it's would be a bit faster compared to FluentSearch with my initial tryout, but it is customized using a text file.

#App Launcher #Mac #Windows Tools 32 social mentions