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Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

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Re: Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

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Post by ilyagr »

contradictioned wrote: post #110

Is 7zip really a good format for sharing data? I also use the program for unpacking and I like the context menu integration. However when I send files, I prefer zip because I feel like this is easiest for the recipient to open (no matter if they are using windows, linux, osx, Android...).

I just had to decompress a 7z file on linux. It is really confusing -- there is no 7unzip command. A random third-party tool decompressed the archive incorrectly. The official p7zip package consists of three or more different command-line tools that are meant to handle any operation you could imagine, with different and weird options. Slogging through them takes quite a bit of manpage reading, and there are hidden gotchas. For example, the "simple interface", p7zip, is optimized for .tar.7z files, and deletes the original archive when decompressing. It is supposed to only do it only if there's one file in the archive, but it happened for me regardless.

The correct command is '7z x '.

It's quite a contrast from the good experience I had with 7zip on Windows.

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Post by ayoisaiah »

trm42 wrote: post #55

Funny, how big part of the list are Linux-origin projects or WSL. How about really making the switch to Linux instead of trying to make Windows function like Linux?

Recently switched from Linux to Windows after WSL2 came out. I grew tired of the various shortcomings in Linux, hence the switch.

Windows has its quirks, but I can say I prefer it at this point. And still do all my development in WSL, so win win.

Re: Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

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Post by ayoisaiah »

another_kel wrote: post #24

I'd add UELI[0] — probably the best alfred style launcher. Does almost everything including Everything integration. Also this script[1] for AHK to quckly jump from "Save as" window to folder currently opened in file explorer. [0] — https://ueli.app/#/ [1] — https://pastebin.com/cmLVFdbB

I was shocked when I saw that it's 120 MB, but I downloaded it anyway. Looks like a good Wox alternative so far....just skeptical about the performance and impact on battery given its Electron roots.

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Post by ziml77 »

majkinetor wrote: post #160
kingaillas wrote: post #148

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>I want to just be able to have a sudo-like command to run elevated from an otherwise non-elevated shell. Won't the runas command ( https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/i... ) let you do this - run a command as Administrator without opening another command/powershell prompt?

cinst gsudo Works like on linux. Runas and friends are junk. https://github.com/gerardog/gsudo

I'll have to check this one out. I vaguely remember coming across runas in the past and it not meeting my needs.

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Post by GoblinSlayer »

maple3142 wrote: post #150
tonyedgecombe wrote: post #77

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Everything is installed as portables in user directory Is that a good thing?

It has some pros and cons depends on what you value, but I wish that Linux ecosystem can make it easier to install software in home, no root permission needed. I have a remote access to a ubuntu server, and I tried to use my zshrc but there is no zsh installed. Maybe asking the admin of the server to install zsh is another way to do it, but I managed to compile zsh and use it as my default shell. Although it works, b…

You can download zsh package from system repo with wget and unpack it, it's just a compressed tar.

Re: Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

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Post by GoblinSlayer »

jlgaddis wrote: post #151
tailspin2019 wrote: post #32

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> I wonder why the author recommend winget but not scoop. Scott Hanselman works for Microsoft and is a prominent advocate for the .NET/Microsoft ecosystem so his recommendations are likely to skew towards native MS tools in the first instance. Nothing wrong with that as long as you consume his material through that lens! That said, I'm quite surprised I hadn't heard of Scoop[0]. Looks interesting... [0] https://scoop…

> ... native MS tools ... I recall that the developer of AppGet claiming [0] that Microsoft effectively "stole" AppGet from him. [0]: https://medium.com/@keivan/the-day-appget-died-e9a5c96c8b22

Microsoft stole the idea of AppGet. The idea of AppGet is chocolatey that stores download urls in yaml files.

Re: Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

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Post by joshschreuder »

frankietaylr wrote: post #92

Everything[0] search is a great file search utility on Windows. This is one sure productivity booster. [0] https://www.voidtools.com/

I recommend WizFile [0] as an alternative (same developer of WizTree, which is a far better WinDirStat alternative).

[0] https://antibody-software.com/wizfile/

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