Windows

I can get by working on Windows in a pinch. Using Power Toys to remap my keyboard to be more "Mac Like" with Alt Swapped for Control and Caps Lock mapped to Esc really helps. 
App favorites
​1Password - Password vault
​Affinity Photo - Lighter weight and cheaper alternative to Photoshop
​Appy Text - Text editor
​Calca - Better calculator
​Cyberduck - SFTP client
​Docker for Windows - Run apps in containers
​Dropbox - Sync files
​Encrypt.me - VPN
​Foo IRC - Chat client
​Power Toys - Add Spotlight'esque search and swap ctrl and alt keys with Keyboard Manager
​Stopwatch + Timer - What I use for pomodoros 
​Todoist  - Cross platform to do list service
​Ubuntu - What a time to be alive
​Visual Studio Code - Light code text editor
​Windows Terminal - A store app for some reason
​Winstall.app - Web GUI for the WinGet package manager
Apps under consideration
7-Zip
HexChat
HWMonitor
Notepad++
​Notepads​
Paint.NET
Prime95
RealTemp
Sumatra PDF
​Fluent Search - search everything, including things on screen
​Breaktimer.app - Break timer
​GWSL - Run X Windows Linux apps on Windows
​OpenInWSL - Set WSL apps as the default file handler
​ShareX - screenshot tool
​Feedlab - RSS reader
​simplewall - blocks all network traffic
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I use the built in Win key search as an app launcher. I use the built in Snip & Sketch tool for screenshots. Check my ChromeOS list for some of the web apps I also use for productivity. 
Power Toys Settings:
Keyboard Manager:
Caps Lock -> Esc
Esc -> Caps Lock
(Optional) To make alt and ctrl more Mac like:
Alt (Left) -> Ctrl (Left)
Ctrl (Left) -> Alt (Left)
Alt (Right) -> Ctrl (Right)
Ctrl (Right) -> Alt (Right)
Shortcuts:
Ctrl + Q -> Alt F4
PowerToys Run set to Ctrl + Space
Misc. Settings:
Go to clipboard settings and enable clipboard history.
Go to mouse pointer and set the cursor to a custom color of black. The default black cursor option is smaller and harder to see.
Open VS Code within WSL 2:
In Windows Terminal, go to project folder
wsl code .
Links:
​Use Bitlocker on Windows 10 without a TPM module​
​Windows Dev with WSL 2​
​Mac App Alternatives on Windows​
​Ruby on Rails dev on Windows​
​Windows 10 app list from Joseph Rooks​
​Install WSL 2 in Windows 10​
​WSL 2 with Visual Studio Code​
​Hanselman's 2021 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows​
​Switching to Windows​
​Nitpicky Differences Between Windows and OS X​
​Awesome list of Windows apps​
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Last modified 3mo ago