My transition to an Ubuntu workstation

Re:My transition to an Ubuntu workstation by davewasthere on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @04:32AM (#21332490)

I don't see any problem with re-installing windows though as often as you like.

By being a little disciplined, you can have a fresh install of windows, configured with all the apps you need from woah to go in little over a couple hours.

I like having a scriptable install of windows in case I completely lose a system while travelling, it's easy for me to completely restore and be productive again within a few hours (just buy a new laptop).

Choco really helps here too.

  choco feature enable -n allowGlobalConfirmation
  choco install googlechrome
  choco install firefox 
  choco install 7zip
  choco install vlc 
  choco install git
  choco install paint.net 
  choco install sql-server-management-studio
  choco install vscode 
  choco install visualstudio2019community

gets me to 90% of where I need to go.

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Re:My transition to an Ubuntu workstation by jedieaston on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @07:57AM (#21333635)

Boxstarter makes it even easier, as you can just do Win+R, and type https://boxstarter.org/package/nr/{packages from choco separated by commas}. It bootstraps chocolatey and installs everything, and I can be running on a new system in 10 minutes.

https://boxstarter.org/

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Re:My transition to an Ubuntu workstation by diffeomorphism on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @04:44AM (#21332559)

> in little over a couple hours

That seems a couple of hours too long to me. Copying over from a backup takes a bit of time, but not hours.

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Re:My transition to an Ubuntu workstation by sp332 on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @12:15PM (#21336098)

I can get 2/3 of those with https://ninite.com/7zip-chrome-firefox-paint.net-vlc-vscode/ and when I want to update any of them I just double-click the same installer file.

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Re:My transition to an Ubuntu workstation by geolgau on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @08:58AM (#21334123)

you know you can do

   choco install googlechrome firefox 7zip vlc git ...

?

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