Setup

Ubuntu 20.04

• Install WSL

  Open PowerShell in Administrator mode. (Win+X)

  wsl --install

  Will need a reboot.

• Customise

  My personal bootstrap for a vanilla WSL2 installation of the Ubuntu 22.04 distro from the Microsoft Store.

  bash <(curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/richeney/setup/master/bootstrap.sh)

• Oh My Posh

  Not working?

  sudo wget https://github.com/JanDeDobbeleer/oh-my-posh/releases/latest/download/posh-linux-amd64 -O /usr/local/bin/oh-my-posh
  sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/oh-my-posh
  mkdir ~/.poshthemes
  wget https://github.com/JanDeDobbeleer/oh-my-posh/releases/latest/download/themes.zip -O ~/.poshthemes/themes.zip
  unzip ~/.poshthemes/themes.zip -d ~/.poshthemes
  chmod u+rw ~/.poshthemes/*.omp.*
  rm ~/.poshthemes/themes.zip
  wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/richeney/setup/master/azurecitadel.omp.json -O ~/.poshthemes/azurecitadel.omp.json

Windows

• ⚠️ Login to the Windows Store using your Microsoft ID

• Install App Installer

  This includes the production version of winget. (Alternative installs.)

• Update winget settings

  PowerShell in Administrator mode.

  winget settings

  And choose Notepad, just this once.

• Paste custom settings

  {
      "$schema": "https://aka.ms/winget-settings.schema.json",
      "source": {
         "autoUpdateIntervalInMinutes": 5
      },
      "visual": {
          "progressBar": "rainbow"
      },
      "installBehavior": {
          "preferences": {
              "scope": "user",
              "locale": [ "en-GB", "en-US" ]
          }
      }
  }

• Update source

  winget source update

• List installed apps

  winget list

• Uninstall apps

  winget uninstall "Cortana"
  winget uninstall "MSN Weather"
  winget uninstall "Solitaire & Casual Games"
  winget uninstall "Mixed Reality Portal"
  winget uninstall "Skype"
  winget uninstall "Windows Maps"
  winget uninstall "Xbox Game Bar Plugin" ## the overlay conflicts with the mic
  winget uninstall "Xbox Game Bar"
  winget uninstall "OneNote for Windows 10"
  ## winget uninstall "Microsoft OneNote - en-gb" # removing all of office?
  ## winget uninstall MicrosoftTeams_8wekyb3d8bbwe
  ## winget uninstall Microsoft.Teams
  winget uninstall "Mail and Calendar"
  winget uninstall "Teams Machine-Wide Installer"

• Install software

  ⚠️ Check the desktop - Reset my PC now adds a list of the software that was lost. Update the winget list below.

  winget install "Git.Git" --accept-source-agreements --accept-package-agreements --silent
  winget install "GitHub.cli" --silent
  winget install --exact --id "Microsoft.AzureCLI" --silent
  ## winget install "Microsoft.DotNet.Runtime.6" --silent
  ## winget install "Microsoft.DotNet.Runtime.5" --silent
  ## winget install "Microsoft.VC++2015-2022Redist-x64" --silent
  winget install --exact --id XP9KHM4BK9FZ7Q --source msstore --accept-package-agreements # Visual Studio Code
  winget install "Microsoft Remote Desktop" --source msstore --accept-package-agreements
  winget install "PowerToys" --source msstore --accept-package-agreements
  ## winget install "ShareX" --source msstore --accept-package-agreements
  winget install "PowerToys" --source msstore --accept-package-agreements
  ## winget install "Ambie" --source winget
  winget install "EarTrumpet" --source msstore --accept-package-agreements
  ## winget install "NVIDIA Control Panel" --source msstore --accept-package-agreements
  ## winget install "Nvidia.GeForceExperience"
  winget install "Logitech.GHUB"
  winget install "Logitech.LogiTune"
  winget install "Logitech.Options"
  winget install "HP Smart" --source msstore --accept-package-agreements
  winget install "Netflix" --accept-package-agreements
  winget install "Amazon Prime" --accept-package-agreements
  winget install "Disney+" --accept-package-agreements
  winget install "Tidal" --source msstore --accept-package-agreements
  winget install --id Microsoft.Powershell --source winget

  Most of these will require authentication credentials and/or further configuration.

• Update all packages

  winget upgrade --silent --all

• Modify Startup apps in settings

• Update Zorloo driver

Add the Az module

• Reopen Windows Terminal

• Open PowerShell 7

  pwsh

• Trust the PSGallery

  Set-PSRepository -Name 'PSGallery' -InstallationPolicy Trusted

• Install the module

  Install-Module Az -Force

  There is usually an older version (e.g. 4.6.1) of the module installed.

• Import the module

  Import-Module Az

Customisation

• Settings in Windows 11
  • Systems > Multi-Tasking
    • Desktops - Show all open windows --> On all desktops
    • Alt-Tab - Open Windows and 3 most recent tabs
    • Title bar shake: toggle on
  • Bluetooth & Devices > Touchpad - set three finger gestures to switch desktops

Settings in Windows Terminal

In lieu of roaming settings.json.

• actions array

  [{"command":{"action":"copy","singleLine":false},"keys":"ctrl+c"},{"command":"paste","keys":"ctrl+v"},{"command":"find","keys":"ctrl+shift+f"},{"command":{"action":"splitPane","split":"auto","splitMode":"duplicate"},"keys":"alt+shift+d"},{"command":"toggleFocusMode","keys":"ctrl+f"}]

• profiles.defaults object

  {"colorScheme":"Relaxed","font":{"face":"Cascadia Mono"},"opacity":85,"scrollbarState":"hidden","useAcrylic":true}

• Add the Relaxed theme to the JSON

          {
              "background": "#282828",
              "black": "#282828",
              "blue": "#6A8799",
              "brightBlack": "#616161",
              "brightBlue": "#7EAAC7",
              "brightCyan": "#ACBBD0",
              "brightGreen": "#A0AC77",
              "brightPurple": "#B06698",
              "brightRed": "#BC5653",
              "brightWhite": "#F7F7F7",
              "brightYellow": "#EBC17A",
              "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF",
              "cyan": "#C9DFE1",
              "foreground": "#D9D9D9",
              "green": "#909D63",
              "name": "Relaxed",
              "purple": "#B06598",
              "red": "#BC5653",
              "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
              "white": "#D9D9D9",
              "yellow": "#EBC17A"
          }

• Re-prettify with CTRL+ALT+M if you have JSON Tools in vscode.

Finishing up

OK, should be done. Perhaps some authentication to do within the winget installed apps, but nothing major.

Check out the recover if you need to get back some files from the pre-refresh WSL environment.