List of apps and configs I have made to used my Windows computer smoothly
Visual Studio Code is my main code editor. I also use it for my note/blog writing also. So I have a dedicated post for it here
Tabby is the terminal which is run on multiple platform. I found it works very well on windows as well as Mac or Linux. So I use it as my main terminal.
I use it almost with default settings here is my little changes in configs:
- font-size: 18
- color scheme:
Firewatch
Windows terminal is really a official upgrade to the its legacy
cmandpowershellone. I know about this from a vlog if Takuya, I think you guys should watch it also.
Table Plus is a database UI client. I use it to connect with database server in my develop process. It is very easy to use and support many different databases. It is developed by Vietnammese developers. I also pay the premium version of it.
Deprecated as I no longer using wsl anymore, I mostly using windows to connect and work on a remote server.
Edge become my main web browser since MS decide to turn to use Chromnium as its core. They also develop very nice feature like vertical tabs and tab grouping. I wonder if I should have a list of useful extension to installs on the browser.
Firefox is always my second choice. It has its own unique features that I like to explore around.
Chrome used to be my first choice browser, but since Edge with chromnium comes up. I leave the Google Chrome as third choice.
Brave is the first (and only till 2022), has integrate the ad-blocker inside the browser. So that you can use Brave without worrying about the ads everywhere. Brave also has BAT token, a crypto currency that encourage users to use Brave, watch selected ads and receive payment.
Since I knew about telegram (late 2017). Telegram always my favorite messenger app. It is fast and stable. It also has nice sticker and gif pack. It also has no censorship.
Zalo currently (2022) is the most popular messenger app in Vietnam. So that I use Zalo to connect with my friend and mostly my family.
I use slack only for work as my company using slack to corporate within teams. Undeniable that slack thread is very useful feature that keep the communication in focus
KMPlayer
This software is very awesome to watch movie as it use torrent file and streaming directly to your computer. However you will need a strong internet connection in order to watch the movie smoothly. Also as it is using torrent, you will need other peers to seed it for you.
A list of tool to make working with Windows is more comfortable.
Actually, I use Bitwarden as an extension on web browser. But it is very crucial application to manage password so I want to mention it here.
This software is very useful to check disk storage to find out which files are taking space. I use this to detect large files and clean up.
Windows Power Toys help re-keymap natively on Windows, I use it to remap my
caplockstoesc, I don't usecaplocksany time
Windows Power Toys also has Power Toys run, trigger by
alt+spacewhich is very similar to Mac Spotlight. However, it is still lack of dictionary function (at the time I wrote this 21 July, 2022). I often use it in Mac.
Beside coding, I also like to take photo then I use Adobe Lightroom Classic to edit most of my photos with raw. I also often edit my photo on mobile with Snapseed.
Photoshop is really a powerful application that you can do many creative jobs. I don't use this application much but I have it in my photography pack of Adobe, then I list it here.
Minimal torrent client without any ads.