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Johnno at 20:54, 13 January 2022

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Johnno at 21:38, 9 January 2022

2022-01-09T21:38:31Z

Johnno: /* Nifty Windows Terminal PowerShell prompt with git indicators */

2022-01-09T21:16:55Z

Nifty Windows Terminal PowerShell prompt with git indicators

Johnno at 23:38, 23 April 2021

2021-04-23T23:38:06Z

Johnno at 19:55, 13 April 2021

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Johnno at 10:07, 13 March 2021

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Johnno at 03:09, 13 March 2021

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Johnno: /* Connecting to your NAS with SSH */

2020-11-17T03:57:18Z

Connecting to your NAS with SSH

Johnno at 03:55, 17 November 2020

2020-11-17T03:55:32Z

Johnno at 10:12, 5 August 2020

2020-08-05T10:12:27Z

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 <ol>
-<li>Install [[Git]] (using scoop, or the [https://git-scm.com/downloads Windows installer]).
+<li>Install [[Git]] (using scoop, or the [https://git-scm.com/downloads Windows installer]).</li>
-</li><li>Install the [https://github.com/microsoft/cascadia-code/releases Cascadia Code PL] font, which includes extra private-space glyphs that the Powerline prompt will use.
+<li>Install the [https://github.com/microsoft/cascadia-code/releases Cascadia Code PL] font, which includes extra private-space glyphs that the Powerline prompt will use.</li>
-</li><li>Add the font to the PowerShell profile in the Windows Terminal <tt>settings.json</tt> file:
+<li>Add the font to the PowerShell profile in the Windows Terminal <tt>settings.json</tt> file:
- "fontFace": "Cascadia Code PL"
+<pre>"fontFace": "Cascadia Code PL"</pre></li>
-</li><li>In Powershell, install these modules:
+<li>In Powershell, install these modules:<pre>
   Install-Module posh-git -Scope CurrentUser
   Install-Module oh-my-posh -Scope CurrentUser
   Install-Module -Name PSReadLine -Scope CurrentUser -Force -SkipPublisherCheck
-</li><li>Add this to your PowerShell profile, in your Documents\WindowsPowerShell folder:
+</pre></li>
   Import-Module posh-git
   Import-Module oh-my-posh
   Set-Theme Paradox
-</li>
+</pre></li>
 </ol>
 === Connecting to network drives with SSH ===
-Install sshfs-win with Scoop and map remote drives using SSH.
+Install sshfs-win with Scoop and map remote drives using SSH:
- net use N: \\sshfs\me@myserver\path\to\mystuff
+<pre>net use N: \\sshfs\me@myserver\path\to\mystuff</pre>

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 === Reboot when you're good and ready, and not before ===
-Change the UpdateOrchestrator Reboot task in the Task Scheduler to pop up a message instead of rebooting. See this [https://superuser.com/questions/957267/how-to-disable-automatic-reboots-in-windows-10/1124533#comment1733748_1124533 comment] on this [https://superuser.com/a/1124533 Superuser answer].
+Nuke the UpdateOrchestrator Reboot tasks in the Task Scheduler by replacing them with directories to trip it up when Windows tries to recreate them. See this [https://superuser.com/a/1529456 answer] to this [https://superuser.com/questions/957267 Superuser question].
 === Nifty Windows Terminal PowerShell prompt with git indicators ===

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 <ol>
-<li>Install [[Git]] (using choco, or the [https://git-scm.com/downloads Windows installer]).
+<li>Install [[Git]] (using scoop, or the [https://git-scm.com/downloads Windows installer]).
 </li><li>Install the [https://github.com/microsoft/cascadia-code/releases Cascadia Code PL] font, which includes extra private-space glyphs that the Powerline prompt will use.
 </li><li>Add the font to the PowerShell profile in the Windows Terminal <tt>settings.json</tt> file:

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   REG DELETE "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}" /f
   REG DELETE "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}" /f
 === Remove Cortana ===

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   REG DELETE "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}" /f
   REG DELETE "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}" /f
 === Reboot when you're good and ready, and not before ===

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   sudo scoop install -g sshfs-np winfsp-np virtualbox-ng
-Wincompose is an X-style compose key with [https://github.com/samhocevar/wincompose/releases/latest wincompose] which makes typing áàâåāčçöµ© much easier. KeepassXC is a password manager, with plugins for Firefox and Chrome.
+[https://github.com/samhocevar/wincompose/releases/latest Wincompose] turns right-Alt into an X-style compose key, which makes typing áàâåāčçöµ© much easier. KeepassXC is a password manager, with plugins for Firefox and Chrome.
 === Remove OneDrive ===

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 == Windows 10 ==
-I hardly use Windows these days, except to play games on Steam and arrange music in Sibelius. It can be made slightly more bearable by installing the [https://scoop.sh/ Scoop] command line installer, and [https://chocolatey.org/install Chocolatey] for bigger GUI apps.
+I hardly use Windows these days, except to play games on Steam and arrange music in Sibelius. It can be made slightly more bearable by installing the [https://scoop.sh/ Scoop] command line installer. I tried to like [https://chocolatey.org/install Chocolatey] but it's a bit bollocks.
 To install Scoop, see the instructions on their site, but last time I checked, in Powershell:
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   iwr -useb get.scoop.sh | iex
-And Chocolatey, seems to want you to type all this in:
+Now we can have stuff installed without twelve different updater taskbar icons running. Scoop installs stuff under your User directory wherever possible, avoiding admin permissions. Here's a bunch of popular apps in the Scoop repos (called ''buckets'') which can be enabled thus:
-  Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
+  scoop bucket add extras nonportable
-Now we can install useful stuff and get on with it, without having to have an entire Linux OS installed or use a VM:
+Some stuff needs to be installed globally:
-  scoop install wget youtube-dl git vim grep
+  sudo scoop install -g sshfs-np winfsp-np virtualbox-ng
+Wincompose is an X-style compose key with [https://github.com/samhocevar/wincompose/releases/latest wincompose] which makes typing áàâåāčçöµ© much easier. KeepassXC is a password manager, with plugins for Firefox and Chrome.
 === Remove OneDrive ===
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 === Connecting to network drives with SSH ===
-For when group policy has denied SMB shares, use [https://github.com/billziss-gh/sshfs-win SSHFS for Windows] to map remote drives using SSH.
+Install sshfs-win with Scoop and map remote drives using SSH.

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 </ol>
-=== Connecting to your NAS with SSH ===
+=== Connecting to network drives with SSH ===
-For when your group policy has denied SMB shares, use [https://github.com/billziss-gh/sshfs-win SSHFS for Windows].
+For when group policy has denied SMB shares, use [https://github.com/billziss-gh/sshfs-win SSHFS for Windows] to map remote drives using SSH.

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		+	=== Connecting to your NAS with SSH ===
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		+	For when your group policy has denied SMB shares, use [https://github.com/billziss-gh/sshfs-win SSHFS for Windows].

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 Now we can install useful stuff and get on with it, without having to have an entire Linux OS installed or use a VM:
-  scoop install wget youtube-dl git-with-openssh
+  scoop install wget youtube-dl git vim grep
-  choco install keepassxc wincompose
+  choco install keepassxc wincompose openssh gimp
 Keepass XC password manager, and an X-style compose key with [https://github.com/samhocevar/wincompose/releases/latest wincompose] which makes typing áàâåāčçöµ© much easier.