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This is part of a series on moving from desktop Linux back to Windows. The first post is here. The previous post is here. Note: This post assumes familiarity with Docker and a working Docker for Windows environment (perhaps from reading the previous post), and at least a basic understanding of what Kubernetes is. It does not assume any experience with Kubernetes. Introduction Recently, Docker…
This is part of a series on moving from desktop Linux back to Windows. The first post is here. The previous post is here. Note: Running Docker on Windows requires Windows 10 Pro. The necessary virtualization features are not available on Windows 10 Home. Table of Contents This post is juuuust long enough that it probably helps to know what I ll cover: My hopes and expectations for working with…
This is part of a series on moving from desktop Linux back to Windows. The first post is here. The previous post is here. Back when I was a full-time software developer, working on a Windows machine, I rarely needed cmd. I d write batch files, sure, but I could launch those with Launchy or AutoHotKey or a toolbar mouse click. Having a cmd window open all day just wasn t a thing, for me. The only…
This is part of a series on moving from desktop Linux back to Windows. The first post is here. The previous post is here. A very long time ago, before I had ever used Mac or Linux for personal computing, someone had convinced me of the value of a launcher : a program, usually invoked via alt-space, that would pop up a box and help you find stuff on your computer, launch programs / scripts, do…
This is part of a series on moving from desktop Linux back to Windows. The first post is here. The previous post is here. AWS SAM Local is a CLI tool for local development and testing of Serverless applications. It uses Docker to simulate a Lambda-like experience. The docs explain well how to get started, and the GitHub repo has lots of samples as well. As of this writing, it supports python,…
This is part of a series on moving from desktop Linux back to Windows. The first post is here. The previous post is here. Chocolatey slowness? When I originally posted about package management with Chocolatey, I mentioned two problems I had on a brand new laptop: 1) inability to download large packages; 2) general slowness when downloading. Turns out, these are not Chocolatey s problems at all.…
This is part of a series on moving from desktop Linux back to Windows. The first post is here. The previous post is here. In short: I would not have moved back to Windows had it not been for the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). It has made the move from Linux back to Windows so much easier because I can still do the things that I ve been doing for years, and do every day, quick and easy and…
This is part of a series on moving from desktop Linux back to Windows. The first post is here. The previous post is here. In the first post, I mentioned that one of the motivators for moving back to Windows was that I really liked the hardware of the Lenovo Yoga 920. I bought one of the 4k Ultra HD Touch Screen models, not because I cared about the 4k but because it was overall better spec d. I m…
This is part of a series on moving from desktop Linux back to Windows. The first post is here. The previous post is here. Windows software management: the current default state Three years ago, I wrote about moving from Windows to Linux for personal computing and development. Part of my frustration with Windows was around package management installing, keeping up to date, and removing software.…
This is part of a series on moving from desktop Linux back to Windows. The first post is here. Learning about WSL and Windows Automation from Jessie Frazelle I mentioned in the previous Goin Back to Windows post that I was partly influenced to make the move by reading what Jessie Frazelle and others had written on the topic. In this quick post, I want to call out a few of Jessie s writings in…