[kwlug-disc] Got a new laptop and I need it to still run Windows :-(

[Paul Nijjar]

My disclaimer is that I am probably more of a Windows admin than a
Linux one. My other disclaimer is that I have not used Win11 yet. But
I kind of hate a lot of Windows things, so my setup is reasonably
Linux-y: 

- There are lots of FLOSSy apps that I run on Windows: Firefox,
  Inkscape, Xournal++, etc. that are similar to their Linux
  counterparts. (LibreOffice counts, I guess, but I hate all office
  suites. (Sorry Marc))
- As Jason notes, WSL helps a bunch. Before WSL I used to run Cygwin,
  which was tolerable but not as good. 
- This is not Linuxy, but Powershell is surprisingly okay. 
- Using the Windows version of Vim helped somewhat, but maybe not as
  much as I would have liked.

It may be worth investigating Chocolatey for installing apps, but in
reality I found that ninite.com handled things well enough for me. 

- Paul


On Sun, Sep 18, 2022 at 07:30:50PM -0400, R. Brent Clements wrote:
> Just picked up an ASUS Vivobook laptop from Costco today.  I need to run
> some Windows software for work, so I can't just wipe out the Win11 install
> completely.  I have no experience installing a dual boot on anything since
> WinXP I think.  Is there anything I need to be concerned about with a
> modern Win11 install playing nice?
> 
> Also, does anyone have any suggestions on "linuxifying" the Windows
> experience?  I know I am gonna hate every minute of it, as I detest Win11
> for the briefe amount of time I have used it.
> 
> Brent

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