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We released a new powerful efficiency tool called RunFlow, which is similar to PowerToys and Alfred, welcome to try it
RunFlow is a cross-platform productivity tool which can launch apps and search files and more, that similar to Wox and PowerToys on Windows, and also similar like Alfred and Raycast on macOS. But we have differences with these tools, and we have our own unique new features. Right now, at the below, we will introduce you what features of RunFlow have been implemented in more details. It's an amazing journey, let's start.
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GTK: On fractional scales, fonts and hinting
I'm curious - when you were doing research into the mechanics of hinting options, did you stumble onto any relevant discussion around allowing custom pixel geometries to be defined, to enable hinting on modern OLED / WRBG displays? There's a good thread on the topic here[0], with some people referring to it as 'ClearType 2' on the MS side [1]. On the oss side I know FreeType theoretically supports this[2], but I can't quite figure out how relevant the FreeType backend is to this most recent work.
This is great work btw.
[0]: https://github.com/snowie2000/mactype/issues/932
[1]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/25595
[2]: https://freetype.org/freetype2/docs/reference/ft2-lcd_render...
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Ask HN: Cleanest way to manage Windows OS?
Thank you all for the informative advices. Here is the summary for those who are in the same situation:
1. Run Windows on Linux by using VM
for the applications you can’t run on Linux
Risks:
* some softwares may attempt to detect VMs and refuse running
* Anything what needs to touch hardware may not work.
2. separate "data" partition on D:
3. back up %APPDATA% and %USERPROFILE%
4. learn chocolatey, scoop or winget
Winget should be good enough
5. Don’t worry about C:\Program Files
6. (Mixed) Use/Don’t use Ansible (or saltstack/salt)
Use:
* Allows you to setup a new machine quickly and consistently when one breaks, get stolen, or lost in an inconvenient time.
* You can get a clean and consistent development environment so that you do not depend on anything accidentally installed on the machine.
* If you define specialised roles, create test playbooks for those individual roles, use these roles to compose more complex playbooks, and offload logic to custom ansible modules that are written in python, you won't wrestle with heavy logic in the template or playbook layer.
* installing software and pulling some configs and scripts down is fine
Don’t use:
* You will spend your days fighting a mix of yaml and Jinja.
* You will end up looking at Python errors because there are no static types.
* errors are cryptic.
7. Use WSL2
You need 32gb of ram, but ram is cheap so choose a good thinkpad
8. Debloat with Recommended Tweaks
Run
irm christitus.com/win | iex
from Administrator Terminal (Powershell)
The link leads to https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil/mai...
VirusTotal
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/709834b0e003b6bb546cf16e...
9. Get [PowerToys](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys)
10. Use Devbox for containered environment
11. Dual-Booting Linux and Windows
If you use physically separated drives, you don’t need partitioning.
12. Dedicated Windows machine for class
Yes it sure would be the cleanest solution but I prefer one device for everything
13. keep a git repository with all dot files in it
Many people suggested me to use virtualization, otherwise just let Windows be Windows.
Also, backing up seems to be a good practice.
I’m planning to write a blog about this, if it worked.
Again, thank you all for the helps!
- Ask HN: Best Hacks for a Ultrawide Monitor?
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Keypirinha: A fast launcher for keyboard ninjas on Windows
Powertoys Run (https://github.com/microsoft/powertoys) can do this. There are not that many plugins as Alfred but Window Switcher is built-in.
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LAN Mouse is a mouse and keyboard sharing software
For sharing a mouse/keyboard between Windows PCs, there is Mouse Without Borders. It's included in PowerToys nowadays.
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Hrvach/Deskhop: Fast Desktop Switching Device
- https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys
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Fluent Search
If you disable telemetry in the windows setting it also disables telemetry for PowerToys [0], I agree it's not ideal it's not hard.
[0] https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/11873#issuecom...
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Famous Programers with Repetitive Strain Injury (2022)
Windows power toys has a kb remapper https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys
- PowerToys Release 0.71
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Why do you hate us, Microsoft? Biggest mistake was "upgrading" to Windows 11 in the first place
I have been using T-Clock for years, which can be configured to show the seconds right in the taskbar. Not sure if it works on Windows 11, but, it probably does (it works on Windows 10).
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[Win11-22H2] cakeOS 2.0
Tools used | StartAllBack, OldNewExplorer, - MicaForEveryone, TClock Redux
- Soda rants about Windows 11 not allowing you to move your taskbar
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Felt kinda proud of my setup :3 (Win11)
MSStyle is Tokyo Night by niivu Font is Input Taskbar is StartAllBack Music display is AudioBand Clock is T-Clock Browser is Vivaldi Editor is Notepad++ Terminal is Windows Terminal Thingy running in the terminal is winfetch (scoop) Icon theme is Papirus Blue Grey by niivu
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[perhaps common knowledge?] date format YYYYMMDD is naturally sortable because you get more granular the further left you go.
Although I guess I did add spaces for readability on my clock...
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T-Clock and Auto Dark Mode
I'm using Auto Dark Mode to switch from light to dark based on time of day. My problem is that T-Clock doesn't follow the system theme so text stays white when the system switches to light
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✨🏮 Tokyo Night by Niivu🌙✨
Taskbar is an amalgamation of multiple softwares. I used StartAllBackas a base, RoundedTB, and T-Clock. With T-Clock, I found out that if you leave a ton of blank spaces before the time format, it'll create a gap where I have a custom Rainmeter skin for the music player nestled in.
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This is my current PC setup, I think it looks nice.
T-Clock: https://github.com/White-Tiger/T-Clock/
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Ask HN: What tools make using Windows more bearable (for Linux folk)?
If possible, get Windows 10 Pro. It gives you access to the Group Policy Editor - not available in Win 10 Home edition - which is where you can turn off things like telemetry and auto updates.
That should help you get rid of most annoyances. You can manually clear out your start screen so that pressing the Win key just pops up your wallpaper and lets you type to search for programs and files.
Make sure to install WSL for an ubuntu environment that can interact with your Windows filesystem (via /mnt/). Almost everything in WSL functions as it would in a regular Ubuntu distro aside from some networking and GPU things.
ConEmu/Cmder for a pretty terminal to go along with WSL.
Xming for an X server that lets you run Linux GUI programs (I rarely find this useful though, seeing as GUI applications usually support Windows).
Everything search for an extremely fast file search that supports regex.
T-Clock Redux for a customizable time-date display.
Make generous use of virtual desktops! Relevant shortcuts are Win+Tab and Win+Ctrl+Left/Right.
Setting the taskbar to be compact with small icons will save you some vertical screen space. Works extra well with T-Clock.
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kimi for Windows
Taskbar is StartIsBack for the orb/transparency/centering. Taskbar clock and date is T-Clock Redux.
What are some alternatives?
Wox - A cross-platform launcher that simply works
AutoHotkey - AutoHotkey - macro-creation and automation-oriented scripting utility for Windows.
sharpkeys - SharpKeys is a utility that manages a Registry key that allows Windows to remap one key to any other key.
Flow.Launcher - :mag: Quick file search & app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins
Fluent-Search - Official repository for Fluent Search, use to report issues or ask for a new feature
QuickLook - Bring macOS “Quick Look” feature to Windows
obs-studio - OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording
PowerShell - PowerShell for every system!
Windows10Debloater - Script to remove Windows 10 bloatware.
ShareX - ShareX is a free and open source program that lets you capture or record any area of your screen and share it with a single press of a key. It also allows uploading images, text or other types of files to many supported destinations you can choose from.
Chocolatey - Chocolatey - the package manager for Windows
winget-cli - WinGet is the Windows Package Manager. This project includes a CLI (Command Line Interface), PowerShell modules, and a COM (Component Object Model) API (Application Programming Interface).