Ask HN: What to do after installing windows

Disable spyware and adware. I don't think you can really disable all the spyware though. We're talking about a company that participated in the NSA PRISM program. That means that Microsoft has an agency within it that works closely with the government. I like to think of MS as an extension or a branch of the NSA.

I presume you've done this already. But make sure you run all windows updates.

Now you can remove it and install linux

Why you need a list? What if you don't need majority of tools?

Install just tools you need for work. No more, no less. If you don't know about related tools, you probably don't need them at all.

Suspend the vm. :)

Try https://chocolatey.org/ , it's kind of apt-get for windows. Still didn't try it myself though.

Uninstall it.

www.ninite.com is a great bundle installer for most used utilities

The first thing I do when installing a fresh Windows 10 build is download Chocolatey [0] and use that to install a list [1] of programs that I find extremely useful or can't live without. After that I set up Cmder [2] as my default PowerShell and Bash terminal, install Nylas [3] as my default mail program, install Caprine [4] which I use constantly throughout the day to communicate with friends and family, and then I turn on the Windows Subsystem for Linux [5] for my native Bash terminal.

Somewhat related to this topic, I recently found this list of tips and tricks [6] for Windows 10 that I found pretty useful, even as a lifelong (by choice!) Windows user.

[0]: https://chocolatey.org

[1]: My Chocolatey install command is `cinst pscx firefox googlechrome 7zip vlc curl paint.net gimp cmder vim fiddler inkscape greenshot autohotkey nimbletext ffmpeg linqpad5 nugetpackageexplorer ilspy nvm yarn sudo visualstudiocode jq gow lockhunter openssh -y`

[2]: http://cmder.net/

[3]: https://nylas.com/

[4]: https://github.com/sindresorhus/caprine/

[5]: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/install_gui...

[6]: https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/3f48kd/windows_1...

I'd throw the machine out of window, sit in the corner and reflect on poor life choices.

VirtualBox

http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-...

Then you can setup a great Linux VM and not have to worry about anything! (Sorta joking.)

# yum -y install epel-release xterm firefox

# yum -y install cinnamon*

# echo "exec /usr/bin/cinnamon-session" >> ~/.xinitrc

# startx

Oh yeah you mentioned code editors I recommend VIM, GEDIT, or Sublime Text 3 on Windows.

Probaby this thread - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13449966