awesome bearable-windows-experience

A lifeline for people dealing with Windows, especially after using macOS.

Not awesome by all accounts, Windows can never be awesome.

• Consistency with macOS
  • Keyboard layout
  • Cursors
  • Sounds
• Missing software
  • Spotlight
  • QuckLook
  • brew
  • iTerm2
• BootCamp Hardware fixes
  • Touchpad
  • Sound
  • Fan
  • GPU

Consistency with macOS

Keyboard layout

• ahk-macos-keyboard-layout - simple AHK configuration bringing back most common macOS shortcuts (CMD + {key}) and keys layout

• kinto - seamless copy and paste with all apps and terminals. The zero effort solution.

Cursors

• macOS-cursors-for-Windows - macOS Cursors Megapack for Windows

Sounds

• BigSurSounds
• https://www.deviantart.com/bbrandis/art/macOS-Big-Sur-Sounds-846477749

Missing software

Spotlight

• PowerToys - Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity.

QuckLook

• QuickLook — allows to preview the files in macOS manner

brew

• choco - like yum or apt-get, but for Windows

iTerm2

• Windows Terminal - I like it even more than anythinh available on macOS :(

BootCamp Hardware fixes

Touchpad

• mac-precision-touchpad - Windows Precision Touchpad Implementation for Apple MacBook family/Magic Trackpad 2

Sound

• Mbp16-bootcamp-Speakers-mod - brings back speakers quality from macOS.

Fan

• macs-fan-control - configure sane fan curves

GPU

• https://www.bootcampdrivers.com/ - install latest AMD Professional/Gaming graphics. This allows for undervolting, which is a must if you're planning to do anything related to graphics.