![screenshot](https://i.imgur.com/lRu6DFN.jpg "screenshot")  
*Background: [crowned > need for speed](https://www.crownedstore.com/need-for-speed), Fluent terminal with Bright Lights theme*

# My Windows dev setup / howto

### Get the latest build of windows
*For some dumb reason windows always installes an old version so i use the insider program to get the latest windows version*  
1. Settings > Updates & Security > Windows Insider Program > do your things here
2. Settings > Updates & Security > Update Windows > Check for updates *(This will take a shitload of time)*

### Programs i always install
- [Shutup 10](https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10) *disable windows garbage*
- [git](https://git-scm.com/downloads) *ofc*
- [chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/) *a package manager for windows*
- *Programming "languages"*
    - [nodejs](https://nodejs.org/en/)
    - [Go](https://golang.org/dl/)
    - [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/learn/get-started)
- [vsCode](https://code.visualstudio.com/) *code editor*
- [Windows Terminal](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/windows-terminal-preview/9n0dx20hk701?activetab=pivot:overviewtab) or [Fluent Terminal *my favorite*](https://github.com/felixse/FluentTerminal) *a nice terminal*
- [Wox & Everything](https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox/releases) *a quick launch tool & file indexer*
- [Deskpins](https://efotinis.neocities.org/deskpins/) *Pin a window to the top*
- [Winaero Tweaker](https://winaero.com/download.php?view.1796) *Tweak the windows experance*

### Turn on hyper-v
*some programs require this or work better so i usually turn this on*  
Control Panel > Programs > Turn Windows features on or off > hyper-v

### Linux Subsystem
As administrator run: *(to allow the windows subsystem)* 
```
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName $("VirtualMachinePlatform", "Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux")
wsl --set-default-version 2
```
Install [Ubuntu 18.04 LTS](https://www.microsoft.com/nl-nl/p/ubuntu-1804-lts/9n9tngvndl3q?rtc=1&activetab=pivot:overviewtab)  

*After installing you might have to convert the subsystem to windows subsystem version 2 using:*
```sh 
wsl -l -v
wsl --set-version Ubuntu 2
```

To view localhost only exposed servers create `.wslconfig` in the user root dir with the following contents:
```
[wsl2]
localhostForwarding=true
```

To quickly access the subsystem's filesystem add the following network drive under *"This PC"* `\\wsl$\Ubuntu` *note: this does not work on wsl1*  

### Docker
Download [Docker desktop](https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop)  
After install:  
1. go to Docker desktop settings
3. Under command line enable: Enable experimental features
2. Under general enable: Enable the experimental WSL 2 based engine
3. [Install docker in the ubuntu subsystem](https://docs.docker.com/install/linux/docker-ce/ubuntu/) *there is no need to start the docker service*
4. In the docker desktop settings > Resources > WSL intergration > Enable ubuntu or whatever you have

### Fish, omf & nvm in the subsystem
I use fish as my main shell on linux so i also install it on my subsystem
```sh
# install fish v3
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fish-shell/release-3
sudo apt install fish

# set fish as main shell
chsh -s `which fish`

# install oh my fish
curl -L https://get.oh-my.fish | fish

# install nvm (node version manager)
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.35.3/install.sh | bash
omf install nvm
nvm install 13
nvm use 13
nvm alias default 13

# Get a nice fish theme if you want:
omf install nai
```

I usually edit the `.config/omf/init.fish` to add a few handy shotcuts:  
```fish
alias h='cd ~'
# ...
```

## Theming & Custom settings
### Fish & vscode
See my [dotfiles](https://github.com/mjarkk/dotfiles)
#### Wox
1. Download: https://github.com/dracula/wox
2. Place `Dracula.xaml` in `%LOCALAPPDATA%\Wox\app-X.X.XXX\Themes`, in wox type `restart wox` > `settings` > Theme > Dracula
### Fluent terminal
Download the `z-Bright-Lights.itermcolors` theme underhere and import it into the fluent terminal  
For more themes: https://iterm2colorschemes.com *(dowanlod the zip and extract the schemes folder)*  

Add Fluent terminal to context menu: 
[install.bat](https://github.com/felixse/FluentTerminal/blob/dec492e39a04bfb4f8bd4b8f4dfc513ec87bc796/Explorer%20Context%20Menu%20Integration/Install.bat)
#### Steam
1. download [Steam customizer tool](http://steamcustomizer.com/download)
2. download [the dracula skin](http://editor.steamcustomizer.com/anqbr)
### Winaero
Tweaked settings:
- Disable timeline *context menu*
- Take ownership *context menu*
- Screen snip *context menu*
- Screen snip *shortcuts* > place the shotcut in `%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs`
- Disable cortana *windows apps*
- Ads and unwanted software *behavior*
- Compressed overlay icon *file explorer*
- Shortcut arrow *shortcuts* > No 
### AMD Radeon settings
*The radeon software has a list of hotkeys that are also in use by some programs so i unbind them usually*,  
Settings arrow *right top* > Hotkeys > *unbind the keys you find annoying for me that's almost everything :)* 
### Windows UI
*I do most things via the wox so i don't need the taskbar anymore, it's just a waste of space*
![screenshot](https://i.imgur.com/zOxSn4c.png "screenshot")

## Problems
- This setup eats noticable more memory than working on my linux machine, around 3-5gb more ram usage. 
- Sometimes after login the localhost forwarding in wsl doesn't work and the only solution to fix it seems to be restarting my pc
- Restarting wsl *(`wsl --shutdown` > open a terminal)* breaks the docker access from within wsl, the docker command still work but starting a webserver and trying access it doesn't work. Usually i restart my pc if i still need to use docker after this, but i suspect you can also figgle around with the docker desktop settings to get it working again.
- Sometimes the subsystem or the fish shell seems to crach but kinda still works???, it's supper wired but in the end i always restart my pc to solve it *(note: Always when this happends there is also an update that can be installed when rebooting)*.

## Notes for myself
- Windows start menu dir: `%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs`