App Installation

"There has to be a better way!"

And there kind of is, one of the nice things about Linux are the package managers that make installing programs a breeze. Now, there is Windows Package Manger. With that and Winstall to check if the application is available, I really don't mind using Windows as a main operating system, (Arch) Linux be damned.

Installing a program is as simpe as opening PowerShell and running:

winget install <package-name>

Here's a list of programs that I typically use on a fresh install:

winget install --id=Mozilla.Firefox -e  ;
winget install --id=Google.Chrome -e  ;
winget install --id=DolphinEmulator.Dolphin -e ;
winget install --id=SumatraPDF.SumatraPDF -e  ;
winget install --id=Google.EarthPro -e  ;
winget install --id=KYDronePilot.SpaceEye -e  ;
winget install --id=Discord.Discord -e  ;
winget install --id=Python.Python.3.12 -v "3.12.0a1" -e  ;
winget install --id=WinSCP.WinSCP -e  ;
winget install --id=PuTTY.PuTTY -e  ;
winget install --id=SublimeHQ.SublimeText.4 -e  ;
winget install --id=SublimeHQ.SublimeMerge -e  ;
winget install --id=VideoLAN.VLC -e  ;
winget install --id=Audacity.Audacity -e  ;
winget install --id=Spotify.Spotify -e  ;
winget install --id=youtube-dl.youtube-dl -e  ;
winget install --id=WinDirStat.WinDirStat -e  ;
winget install --id=Google.Drive -e  ;
winget install --id=BlenderFoundation.Blender -e  ;
winget install --id=GIMP.GIMP -e  ;
winget install --id=DelugeTeam.Deluge -e  ;
winget install --id=RARLab.WinRAR -e  ;
winget install --id=GNU.Octave -e  ;
winget install --id=GNU.Gforth -e  ;
winget install --id=gnuplot.gnuplot -e  ;
winget install --id=RiotGames.LeagueOfLegends.NA -e  ;
winget install --id=Valve.Steam -e winget install --id=Mozilla.Firefox -e  ;
winget install --id=Google.Chrome -e  ;
winget install --id=SumatraPDF.SumatraPDF -e  ;
winget install --id=Google.EarthPro -e  ;
winget install --id=KYDronePilot.SpaceEye -e  ;
winget install --id=Discord.Discord -e  ;
winget install --id=Python.Python.3.12 -v "3.12.0a1" -e  ;
winget install --id=WinSCP.WinSCP -e  ;
winget install --id=PuTTY.PuTTY -e  ;
winget install --id=SublimeHQ.SublimeText.4 -e  ;
winget install --id=SublimeHQ.SublimeMerge -e  ;
winget install --id=VideoLAN.VLC -e  ;
winget install --id=Audacity.Audacity -e  ;
winget install --id=Spotify.Spotify -e  ;
winget install --id=youtube-dl.youtube-dl -e  ;
winget install --id=WinDirStat.WinDirStat -e  ;
winget install --id=Google.Drive -e  ;
winget install --id=BlenderFoundation.Blender -e  ;
winget install --id=GIMP.GIMP -e  ;
winget install --id=DelugeTeam.Deluge -e  ;
winget install --id=RARLab.WinRAR -e  ;
winget install --id=GNU.Octave -e  ;
winget install --id=GNU.Gforth -e  ;
winget install --id=gnuplot.gnuplot -e  ;
winget install --id=RiotGames.LeagueOfLegends.NA -e  ;
winget install --id=Valve.Steam -

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