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Some configuration tips for Windows 10

Software

You can find a list of tools to work under Windows 10 on the Software equivalents page.

PowerShell command line under Windows

If you want to automate things under Windows there is the PowerShell language you can use, that offers strong proximity with the system.

Linux development under Windows

If you want to have a Linux development environment under Windows, you can set a Vagrant configuration for Windows 10, that works with VirtualBox and offers full VM configuration of any Linux distribution.

Install package managers

# Chocolatey install
PS(Admin) > Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
 
# Scoop install (more "unix-flavored")
PS(Admin) > Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://get.scoop.sh'))

Install basic tools

PS(Admin) > choco install -y git notepadplusplus cmder vscode vagrant virtualbox 7zip FoxitReader docker
 
PS(Admin) > scoop install wget curl sudo ruby python
 
# If you installed Git, you can access Bash from anywhere in Powershell
PS > & 'C:\Program Files\Git\bin\sh.exe'
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