Ask HN: What to do after installing windows

A while back, I noticed that there was a massive list of stuff to do after installing windows (here on HN) -

Everything from installing code editors, to privacy tools and the like.

I tried searching but I'm unable to find that list.

I presume you've done this already. But make sure you run all windows updates.

Why you need a list? What if you don't need majority of tools?

Install just tools you need for work. No more, no less. If you don't know about related tools, you probably don't need them at all.

Uninstall it.

The first thing I do when installing a fresh Windows 10 build is download Chocolatey [0] and use that to install a list [1] of programs that I find extremely useful or can't live without. After that I set up Cmder [2] as my default PowerShell and Bash terminal, install Nylas [3] as my default mail program, install Caprine [4] which I use constantly throughout the day to communicate with friends and family, and then I turn on the Windows Subsystem for Linux [5] for my native Bash terminal.

Somewhat related to this topic, I recently found this list of tips and tricks [6] for Windows 10 that I found pretty useful, even as a lifelong (by choice!) Windows user.

[0]: https://chocolatey.org

[1]: My Chocolatey install command is `cinst pscx firefox googlechrome 7zip vlc curl paint.net gimp cmder vim fiddler inkscape greenshot autohotkey nimbletext ffmpeg linqpad5 nugetpackageexplorer ilspy nvm yarn sudo visualstudiocode jq gow lockhunter openssh -y`

[2]: http://cmder.net/

[3]: https://nylas.com/

[4]: https://github.com/sindresorhus/caprine/

[5]: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/install_gui...

[6]: https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/3f48kd/windows_1...