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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 majkinetor »

CraigJPerry wrote: post #70
majkinetor wrote: post #61

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AHK is not comparable to powershell. They overlap in some segments but generally, what AHK can do, you would have to reimplement in Posh and it would be slow as hell.

Aha! A folder full of .ps1’s (that were .ahk’s) begs to differ on this point :-) Some random examples i use all the time: * i have a bunch of apps (i think of it like a workspace) that i open for specific tasks - e.g. when playing ham radio i’ll open a tool that lets me duplicate traffic to/from a serial port (com0com) so that multiple apps can share 1 physical port, a tool that lets me control my radio (flrig), a to…

> A folder full of .ps1’s (that were .ahk’s) begs to differ on this point

I have tones of ps1 and tones of ahk files in folders. But its not comparable. Main use case of AHK is GUI automation, which is precisely not something powershell handles nor it will ever be in its scope.

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Post by pzone »

trm42 wrote: post #155
eknkc wrote: post #57

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I've been using WSL and a lot of unix tools on Windows. I have a simple reason: Windows is a much better desktop environment. I tried to switch from macOS to Linux. I've found workarounds / alternatives to almost all of my issues on Linux. One issue seems to be unfixable though; I have a 4K monitor and pretty much required to use fractional scaling. Windows and macOS does it perfectly. I had good luck with Pop!_OS bu…

Haven't used desktop Linuxes or Windows for about decade as macOS + Linux servers has provided useful common ground for both use cases. But even ten years ago KDE was a lot more nicer to use than Windows and I would assume they have gone a lot further in the mean time. For HiDPI stuff that sound real PITA if that hasn't been yet worked out :/

Fractional scaling will require Wayland, which is only usable on Gnome or Sway right now.

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eknkc wrote: post #108
square_usual wrote: post #84

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I'm on Pop! 20.10 and, the fraction scaling option is available. I don't use fractional scaling, though, not even on my mac. Integer scaling is always going to be sharper and less resource intensive, no matter the DE.

Well I have a 27" 4k monitor. On 1x, the text is not readable. On 2x everything is absurdly large. My windows display settings lists 150% as recommended and it works the best: https://s3.eknkc.com/x/2020/12/25/Bv55iSLhjp.png

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Post by mixmastamyk »

segfaultbuserr wrote: post #149

For day-to-day development, WSL is definitely better. But I think MSYS2 [0] still deserves a mention in the age of Windows Subsystem for Linux. It's a complete mingw-w64 distribution with a friendly package manager (ArchLinux's pacman). If you suddenly need to use some CLI tools on a Windows machine, MSYS2 can be quicker - no need to enable virtualization or upgrade Windows 10, just download a 91 MB installer and you…

Indeed I still use git bash on a secondary Windows box, lots faster and more functional in a few ways with a VM.

Re: Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

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Post by mixmastamyk »

turing_complete wrote: post #69
Ayesh wrote: post #10

Compared to Windows Terminal, I started to use Fluent Terminal (also on Microsoft store), and it is amazing! It crashed a few times at first, but it's customizable, has a settings UI, and is just as fast and nicer looking compared to Windows Terminal. X-Mouse button control is another app I absolutely love. It replaced my Logitech Options, and works quite nice, and quietly sits doing just that.

The year is 2020 and people think a terminal that crashes a few times is "amazing". That is amazing.

Terminals are thirty years behind on Windows but catching up fast. I blame Balmer and his ilk.

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Post by iaml »

grayhat wrote: post #7

I'd add Far Manager, which has been THE file manager for more than 15 years for me on Windows. BSD license: https://www.farmanager.com/download.php?l=en I wish it was ported to Linux and I'd probably never use midnight commander again

https://github.com/elfmz/far2l/

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Post by daemoens »

nickjj wrote: post #40

I'm surprised Dexpot[0] isn't listed. It's a really great virtual desktop management tool and has a number of things included that's not included with the Windows 10 default virtual desktop feature. Then there's VcXrv[1] to share your clipboard between WSL and Windows, it also lets you run Linux GUI tools in WSL. Essential IMO, if only for clipboard sharing. Sizer[2] is another great tool for quickly resizing and pos…

Thanks for the recommendations

Re: Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

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Post by faeyanpiraat »

867-5309 wrote: post #187
faeyanpiraat wrote: post #115

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What are they for?

getting rid of the adware, spyware and bloatware which come with Windows

I see.

Are you familiar with O&O ShutUp10:Free antispy tool for Windows 10?

It can do what you want, and O&O is a respectable company.

Re: Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

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Post by wayneftw »

0xfeba wrote: post #168
wayneftw wrote: post #124

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I actually switched to XFCE a couple years ago because I think it's a much better desktop environment than Windows with regards to activities that I do for work like running lots of Docker images. XFCE has features that you need 7+ Taskbar Tweaker for on Windows, like being able to middle-click a taskbar button to close it's window. Any feature XFCE didn't have such as "move a window to another monitor with a hotkey"…

I'm a big XFCE fan but multimonitor support is still iffy, especially if one is a HDPI one and another not, as the scaling applies to all monitors.

Yeah - my solution was to not do that because I don't like having multiple monitors with mismatched resolutions anyway and I don't care for HiDPI for work. Every monitor I own is 1080p, even my laptop screen. My Macbook Pro is the only HiDPI computer screen here.

I'm not even sure what the point of HiDPI is though. It never made a difference for my work as a web developer. I understand it's more pixels per inch and less pixelation for high-res images, but if everything is getting scaled up what's the difference?

My (Windows 10) gaming rig used to be hooked up to a 4K 50" Samsung TV but I think the max I could get was 60Hz. Games and movies look pretty good there, but eventually I switched to a cheap 1080p/144hz gaming monitor because I play Rocket League mainly and that is a fast action e-sports game where you want to see as many FPS as possible.

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