Switchers Guide To Windows 10 (For Web Developers)

I’m an OS X user from 2003 until 2011 and a Ubuntu user from 2012 until Windows 10.

The freedom to make irrational decisions.

Bash

Here are two (of many) options:

Install Git for Windows. Git for Windows provides a BASH emulator.

Install "Bash On Ubuntu on Windows"

Apt / Homebrew

Checkout Chocolatey or Scoop.

ALT + `

Install EasySwitch. Upvote this feature request in Feedback Hub.

Privacy

Install Shut Up 10. Check out BleachBit.

Minimum Viable Toolset

• ConEmu – Terminal emulator.
• Notepad++ – Default text editor replacement.
• 7-zip – File archiver for most formats.
• Process Explorer – Top/htop.
• Grepwin – Search and replace tool.
• SourceTree – Git GUI.
• Kitty and Pageant – SSH Client.

Start Menu Shortcuts go in:

C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuPrograms*

Where is the `/etc/hosts` file?

c:WINDOWSsystem32driversetchosts

Configure Notepad++ as Git editor

git config --global core.editor "'C:/Program Files (x86)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe' -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin"

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