New Device Setup (Windows)

This is for a windows installation.

Fresh Installation

Debloat windows

Windows 11 is full of bloatware. NOT ACCEPTABLE! Remove all unnecessary stuff that are thrusted into our laptops/PCs by Microsoft.¹

So, we will run this script from Raphire/Win11Debloat.

powershell
# Should work unless outdated, else use the link above
& ([scriptblock]::Create((irm "https://debloat.raphi.re/")))

If you see a warning related to winget in the blue window, then install the app installer
Go with recommended settings (But do suggest you to clean out the taskbar and start menu.)

Realtek HD Audio Manager

I remember using the Realtek HD Audio Manager back when Windows 7 was peak. The manager allowed us to set default devices and have some low latency output monitoring

Other

powershell
Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

Apps

Here are the apps that I use on my system. One suggestion is to use apps that do most of the things that you require to do.

For using Tensorflow 2 in machine learning projects, we can download miniconda to get python installed and then load up this environment. This can be activated from anywhere and be used for all datascience projects. A really good base which includes most of the things needed

shell
conda env create --file=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ageron/handson-ml2/refs/heads/master/environment.yml python=3.8

VS Code

I use the vim extension with VS Code. These are my settings and keybindings.

settings.json
json
{
  "vim.easymotion": true,
  "vim.incsearch": true,
  "vim.useSystemClipboard": true,
  "vim.hlsearch": true,
  "vim.insertModeKeyBindings": [
    {
      "before": [
        "j",
        "j"
      ],
      "after": [
        "<Esc>"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "vim.leader": "<space>",
  "vim.handleKeys": {
    "<C-a>": false,
    "<C-shift-e>": false,
    "<C-f>": false,
    "<C-p>": false,
    "<C-w>": false,
    "<C-shift-p>": false,
  },
  "vim.normalModeKeyBindingsNonRecursive": [
    {
      "before": [
        "Ctrl+e"
      ],
      "commands": [
        "workbench.files.action.focusFilesExplorer"
      ]
    },
    // {
    //   "before": [":"],
    //   "commands": ["workbench.action.showCommands"]
    // }
  ],
  "vim.visualModeKeyBindingsNonRecursive": [
    {
      "before": [ ">" ],
      "commands": [ "editor.action.indentLines" ]
    },
    {
      "before": [ "<" ],
      "commands": [ "editor.action.outdentLines" ]
    },
    // {
    //   "before": [ "p" ],
    //   "after": [ "p", "g", "v", "y" ]
    // }
  ],
  //   "vim.statusBarColorControl": true,
  //   "vim.statusBarColors.normal": ["#1f1f1f", "#ddd"],
  //   "vim.statusBarColors.insert": ["9f9f9f", "#000"],
  //   "vim.statusBarColors.visual": ["#B48EAD", "#000"],
  //   "vim.statusBarColors.visualline": ["#B48EAD", "#000"],
  //   "vim.statusBarColors.visualblock": ["#A3BE8C", "#000"],
  // "vim.statusBarColors.replace": "#D08770",
  // "vim.statusBarColors.commandlineinprogress": "#007ACC",
  // "vim.statusBarColors.searchinprogressmode": "#007ACC",
  // "vim.statusBarColors.easymotionmode": "#007ACC",
  // "vim.statusBarColors.easymotioninputmode": "#007ACC",
  // "vim.statusBarColors.surroundinputmode": "#007ACC",
}

keybindings.json
json
[
    {
        "key": "ctrl+e",
        "command": "workbench.action.focusActiveEditorGroup",
        "when": "filesExplorerFocus && !inputFocus"
    },
    {
      "key": "ctrl+n",
      "command": "explorer.newFile",
      "when": "filesExplorerFocus"
    },
    {
      "key": "ctrl+shift+n",
      "command": "explorer.newFolder",
      "when": "filesExplorerFocus"
    },
    {
      "key": "r",
      "command": "renameFile",
      "when": "filesExplorerFocus && !inputFocus"
    },
    {
      "key": "delete",
      "command": "deleteFile",
      "when": "filesExplorerFocus && !inputFocus"
    },
    {
      "key": "ctrl+c",
      "command": "filesExplorer.copy",
      "when": "filesExplorerFocus && !inputFocus"
    },
    {
      "key": "ctrl+v",
      "command": "filesExplorer.paste",
      "when": "filesExplorerFocus && !inputFocus"
    },
    {
      "key": "ctrl+x",
      "command": "filesExplorer.cut",
      "when": "filesExplorerFocus && !inputFocus"
    },
    {
      "key": "space",
      "command": "filesExplorer.openFilePreserveFocus",
      "when": "filesExplorerFocus && !inputFocus"
    },
]

Hobbies

The only reason I am still using your OS and not Linux is the ability to use proprietary software↩