my 2026 Windows working environment

johayek

4 weeks ago

apply for admin privileges on your laptop
exploration
- which areas outside can you reach (and how: https, ssh, irregular ports)?
  - CryptDrive (…)
  - my home NAS
  - HS
Microsoft PowerToys
- … zones … (for splitting huge screens)
Microsoft Sysinternals
- process explorer
PuTTY
ssh (already comes with Windows, but YOU NEED TO SET UP YOUR CONNECTIONS – e.g. for backing up YOUR FILES (diary, tools, git repositories, …))
GNU Emacs
Git Bash
- UNIX (AKA Linux) utilities
- perl
- git
- …
xmlstarlet
my own tool set
- create_snapshot.sh
- MEGA IMPORTANT: continuous automatic backup of YOUR FILES
  - for as long as “automatic” is not yet possible and established
    - the “emergency action” must get established (REMEMBER the c*m*l dr*v*r with his fierceful face expression and his kalashnikov!!!)
    - backing up must get executed a couple of times each day
  - TARring
  - syncing
  - maybe: “git archive”
- …
??? busybox “w32”, preferredly with Unicode support
WSL – Windows Subsystem for Linux
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