quick note after installing windows 10 pro

This is the quick note before and after installing Windows 10 pro.

• installing Windows:
  • download: https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/Windows10
  • remember to add this file \sources\ei.cfg so that we can select installing home or pro during installation:

    [Channel]
    Retail
    

• Windows features
  • search “Turn Windows features on of off”
  • enable Hyper-V and Windows Subsystem For Linux
• Chrome:
  • offline installer, from help
  • disable auto sign in
  • always ask where to save files
  • essential extentions: uBlock Origin, …
• Firefox:
  • offline installer
  • always ask where to save files
  • essential extentions: …
• VS Code: must have, download user installer 64 bit from official web site
• mpv: must have, download and run \installer\mpv-install.bat
• Java:
  • download OpenJDK from Amazon Corretto (.zip for Windows) or AdoptOpenJDK. As of 2020, OpenJDK 8 or 11 are most widely used.
  • see here to set up %JAVA_HOME% as the path without \bin subfolder, and add %JAVA_HOME%\bin to %PATH%.
• pdf: Sumatra PDF
• aria2c: remember to set %USERPROFILE%\.aria2\aria2.conf
• Python
  • install Anaconda
  • path: \Anaconda3\script, \Anaconda3\Library\bin, \Anaconda3 (the second one is important)
• Git:
  • disable gui password prompt git config --global core.askPass ""
• Rime:
  • download: https://rime.im/download/
  • dict: https://github.com/scomper/Rime
  • dict: https://github.com/Chernfalin/better-rime-dict
  • customizing: %APPDATA%\Rime