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    Powertoys: "Run" was my favorite. (lemmy.world)
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    [–] SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world 133 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    [–] A_Delicious_Man@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

    What's the second one? PowerToys and?

    [–] SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world 52 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    It's WSL, I think the logo is relatively new though or maybe not official idk

    [–] A_Delicious_Man@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

    Interesting, didn't know WSL had a logo. Thank you!

    [–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    I suppose it's official, as it's also on the Wikipedia page on WSL.

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    [–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 86 points 3 weeks ago

    No, it doesn't make Windows behave like Linux.

    It are just a collection of apps made by the engineers behind Windows with features that never made it into the official build because of all kinds of reasons.

    [–] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 82 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    wait til you hear about WSL

    [–] rtxn@lemmy.world 49 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    until you realise it's just a Microsoft-flavored VM

    [–] lime@feddit.nu 44 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    only the second version. wsl1 is pure black magic. the communication layer is 9P, which means that windows is currently the only mainstream OS capable of talking to a Plan9 network out of the box.

    [–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

    Oh cool, TIL. And I think this knowledge is niche enough such that n < 10,000 lol

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    [–] nuko147@lemm.ee 57 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    Oh, yes all the tools that should already exist in their crappy, uninnovated OS.

    [–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    They still haven’t figured out how to do updates without installing during a reboot.

    Something Linux has been doing since the 90’s

    [–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    Sometimes those updates only apply when you reboot.

    [–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    yes. And then it's literally just a... reboot.

    You don't sit there waiting for it to install. It's just restarting the kernel so the newly-installed version takes over. (and generally it only applies to the kernel updates.)

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    [–] el_eh_chase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 52 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    Proud victim of the Powertoys to Linux pipeline reporting in

    [–] afk_strats@lemmy.world 30 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    Holy shit! It's real

    Windows - > Powertoys - > Winget - > Win Debloater - > Minimal Windows - > Bazite - > Debian

    [–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

    It's so beautiful!

    That's my journey too, except a few of those didn't exist yet, when I first walked it.

    Portable Windows apps and Ubuntu live Boot CDs awkwardly bridges some of the (previous) gaps, for me.

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    [–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 41 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (6 children)

    I miss the window tiling one. Its ability to span multiple "areas" with a window by holding a modifier key is something I sorely wish KDE's tiling had.

    Edit: FancyZones! Finally remembered the name.

    [–] Tithen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (8 children)

    Thought KDE did have one? Unless I installed an extension and forgot about it.

    Super + T to configure

    And works with Super + left click to move windows (no more hunting that pesky titlebar up top)

    Edit: I'm on KDE 5 so things may be different, but I found it under Workspace Behaviour>Desktop Effects>Window Management

    [–] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

    Yeah this is inbuilt (not an extension) and very similar to Windows fancy zones.

    [–] aeiou_ckr@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    Meta as in Super?

    [–] Tithen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    You're right! Got my names mixed up, still dealing with Windows brainrot

    [–] aeiou_ckr@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Sorry, wasn’t ment to be a correction. Was making sure I was on the same page.

    [–] Tithen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago

    No apology necessary C: you helped improve the clarity of my initial comment, so thank-you!

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    [–] K4mpfie@feddit.org 27 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    All fun and games but I'm still missing the "paste without format" keybind.

    Powertoys is a great addition and while there probably are addons for all of these in linux I kinda wish they would come in one package together too.

    Maybe it's just me but I feel like I'm not helping my system by tagging on add on after add on just to get back some basic functionality from Window like a clipboard and status indicators for some apps in my taskbar

    [–] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    You are not a Plasma user it seems.

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    [–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    Does ctrl-shift-v not work for you? Or do you want to rebind it?

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    [–] dustyData@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    KDE plasma has like 90% of the feadures.

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    [–] double_quack@lemm.ee 26 points 3 weeks ago

    Meh... switch to linux, already

    [–] Michal@programming.dev 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    No true. I use it only for FancyZones. A feature not native to Linux. In gnome I also have to install a plugin to get this functionality.

    [–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    I'm thankful for both.

    The plugin install on Gnome is quicker and less invasive (doesn't require escalated permissions) than installing PowerToys.

    I also like that Gnome plugins let me choose only the plugins I want. PowerToys leaves me with many installed features I'm not using. I think they at least all default to turned off. Gnome does save me a few moments of configuration, too, as the plugin can default to "on" since each plugin is separate.

    And Gnome's tiling has good defaults. PowerToys still uses "these are power users" as an excuse to ignore usability feedback.

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    [–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 19 points 3 weeks ago

    Power toys is so bad now. Almost all the features are completely useless and it hogs a ton of system resources.

    [–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

    Powertoys on windows are a boon, but there's absolutely no word you can say they make windows "behave like linux". Not even close.

    [–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

    I remember using it way more in 98/XP. Group Policy manager is what I have to use for most of the shit I wanna do with 10. Which is only available with a Pro license.

    [–] grillgamesh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

    not using https://massgrave.dev/ for windows licences

    statements made by the utterly deranged

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    [–] Senal@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    Holy shit powertotys run is the one of the only reasons i can tolerate windows 11 on a works laptop.

    Local admin to go digging through group policy settings, just so i don't have to scroll past 2 pages of ads and internet results in the start menu to open fucking "settings"?

    They can absolutely fuck right off with that.

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    [–] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago

    Have been using PowerToys for years, can't imagine using Windows without it.

    [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

    It’s for average users to make Windows easier to use. Though that’s the same as making it more Linux like

    [–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 weeks ago

    The fact that Microsoft refers to the application suite that makes Windows marginally useful as "toys" should tell you everything you need to know about their OS philosophy. I prefer an OS that takes my use cases seriously.

    [–] MikeOxlong@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    I’ve never heard of PowerToys Run, but it looks like Spotlight on MacOS but for Windows. Is this correct?

    [–] astrsk@fedia.io 12 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

    Windows Power Toys is a suite of programs and tweaks for Windows, one of which is β€œRun” that behaves similar to spotlight search on macOS. If you have to operate in Windows, I’d say the suite is a must-have for Run, Fancy Zones, File Renamer, Screen Ruler, and Color Picker alone. It’s good software that should be built into the OS but for some reason is notβ€” built and maintained by a dedicated open source community these days as opposed to just a couple individuals from inside Microsoft back in the day when Power Toys was a proprietary tool first released on Windows 95.

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