How to make Windows 11 suck less?

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First Windows 11 version 23H2 build released with Suggested Actions feature https://www.ghacks.net/2022/05/12/first-windows-11-version-2...

I would suggest this website for a place that consolidates Windows Information

A subreddit that I have found helpful inn the past https://old.reddit.com/r/Windows11/

Since you are Unix user i would also suggest Windows Subsystem for Linux https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about

There are several package managers vyinng to be the standard winget, chocolatey come to mind As a developer I have come to depend on nuget

I haven’t used Windows 11, but I think starting this discussion with the conviction that Windows 11 sucks and can’t be configured to not suck at all is unproductive.

Bend with the wind, don’t fight it. Install WSL, for example, but don’t try to turn it in a Linux or MacOS clone, as, at best, it will be only a decent approximation of either.

If you can avoid Win 11 at all I'd recommend it. Not in general, but people who try to somehow improve it generally. It's not really that possible to do.

Use winget (Microsoft App Installer) for package management. Take notes. Re-install from scratch frequently. Run on Insider Beta channel (especially if on AMD Ryzen processor). Leverage Visual Studio Code, OneDrive, and Edge browser when possible. Ensure that RealTimeIsUniversal property key is set when using UTC as your clock.

Not specific to w11, more like anything after w7, but I like this menu replacement and you might too https://www.stardock.com/products/start10/

This might help you run some tools you're familiar with: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about

Disable what's not neccessary with O&O ShupUp10++.

Install WSL2.