Software

you can use winget to install packages

Platform tools

RancherDesktop

Kubernetes in windows

winget install suse.RancherDesktop

disable the traefik ingress to use a native ingress controller

OpenTofu

Replacement for terraform

winget install OpenTofu.Tofu.Alpha

KeePass

Password safe

winget install KeePassXCTeam.KeePassXC

Tools for making Windows halfway bearable

Powershell

Password safe

winget install microsoft.powershell

PowerToys

Password safe

winget install microsoft.powertoys

MSys2

Development tools (includes zsh)

winget install msys2.msys2

• open an msys terminal
• install zsh pacman -S msys/zsh
• set the home dir to the windows home dir: nano /etc/nsswitch.conf, change the entry to db_home: windows cygwin desc
• In PyCharm set C:\msys64\usr\bin\zsh.exe as the terminal path

Make a link for running zsh in the start menu: In this repo's directory run cp bin/zsh.lnk ~/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/Start\ Menu

Windows Terminal

A decent terminal app

winget install Microsoft.WindowsTerminal

AutoDarkMode

Switches your screen to dark mode at night

winget install Armin2208.WindowsAutoNightMode

Shortcut for killing WSL

After hibernating, WSL seems to get into a state where one of its processes vmmem hogs a lot of memory and CPU. Killing wsl seems to be the only option so far, e.g by running taskkill /F /IM wslservice.exe. You can use the link "Kill WSL" in bin to make this more smooth.

Settings

environment variables (i.e. PATH)

You can edit environment variables by Win-R sysdm.cpl > "Advanced" > "Environment Variables" Add some paths to PATH:

• C:\Program Files\Git\bin
• C:\msys64\usr\bin Restart PyCharm afterward to make this effective