[Discuss] Dealing with Windows 10 after 15 years away

[john.westcott.iv at gmail.com (John Westcott)]

Have you looked at windows subsystem for Linux?

-John

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> On Jul 23, 2020, at 08:23, Doug <sweetser at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi:
> 
> Who knows where technology companies are going to be in a year. For the
> last 15 years I have only used macs that connect to Linux machines. I
> thought it would be wise to buy a nuc and familiarize myself with windows
> 10.
> 
> For ~$900 I got a 10th gen i5 with 32 Gb of RAM and a 1 Tb SSD. I have been
> able to install all the browsers (Edge was already there, Firefox, Chrome,
> Opera). For programming, I have taken a liking to Visual Studio Code which
> of course works well on such a machine. Anaconda was added to deal with
> python, my favorite language. Davinci Resolve is a professional-level video
> editing software and was trivial to install. I have installed Docker, so
> could get Linux working here.
> 
> I installed Audacity to do some sound work. When I went to save it, I could
> see the roots of Windows in the C: and D: devices. After I saved a file, I
> actually lost its location. Maddening.
> 
> My question for the group is this: if you prefer life in Unix but need to
> use a Windows box, are there a few programs you find are necessary to stay
> sane in a Windows environment?
> 
> From long ago, I recall using cygwin but do not know of its current state
> or value. I saw one presentation on PowerShell, an idea to do deal with
> "objects" instead of text, but again, do not know if people like to use
> that for day-to-day work.
> 
> Doug
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