--- title: Best Windows posts of 2021 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Windows posts of 2021, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/tags/windows/best-of/2021 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/tags/windows/best-of/2021 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Windows posts of 2021 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Windows posts of 2021, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Windows — 2021 1. 1 [](/posts/20-vs-code-shortcuts-for-pro-developers-dt-i2owcv "20 VS Code Shortcuts For Pro Developers") Article Honeypot · 5y 20 VS Code Shortcuts For Pro Developers VS Code is one of the most used code editors among developers. It has some amazing features to help developers increase their coding speed. In this article, I'm going to go through 20 VS Code shortcuts that I find the most convenient for me when I'm coding. No worries if it doesn't apply to you, hopefully there will be at least a couple of shortcuts you can learn and apply when you next open VS Code. 216 16 2. 2 [](/posts/windows-96-xp1m0m0gh "Windows 96") Article Hacker News · 5y Windows 96 The bootup process will be terminated. You will lose all unsaved information in all applications. Press any key to terminate the boot up process. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL again to restart your computer. WINDOWS 96 is a Microsoft Windows 8 operating system. 208 34 3. 3 [](/posts/why-software-engineers-choose-linux-over-windows-for-programming-9agymr7fx "Why software engineers choose Linux over Windows for programming") Article Hashnode · 5y Why software engineers choose Linux over Windows for programming Most software engineers choose Linux over Windows for programming. I was a big fan of Windows OS, and have been using it for years. Since I started programming I found that a Linux distro (such as Ubuntu, Manjaro, and Arch) is the best Operating System to start with. 63 7 4. 4 [](/posts/14-vs-code-shortcuts-to-supercharge-your-productivity-7ccs6zry3 "14 VS Code Shortcuts to Supercharge Your Productivity") Article DEV · 5y 14 VS Code Shortcuts to Supercharge Your Productivity Software engineers tend to be extremely efficient beings. Our goal is to optimize everything, not just the code. We don't want to spend 10 seconds looking for something on the GUI. Why would we, when we can do it in 0,1s by using the powerful keyboard shortcuts? Let me share with you the shortcuts I use every day. I bet you don't know many of them! 62 8 5. 5 [](/posts/windows-11-just-say-no-qsxbb9ygc "Windows 11: Just say no") Article Hacker News · 5y Windows 11: Just say no California: Do Not Sell My Personal Info. Computerworld The Voice of Business Technology. Follow us on Twitter @Computerworld. We're also on Facebook and Google+. For confidential support call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90 or visit a local Samaritans branch, see www.samaritans.org for details. 51 8 6. 6 [](/posts/goodbye-android-emulators-the-windows-subsystem-for-android-is-here--nvyqf7yop "Goodbye Android Emulators, the Windows Subsystem for Android is Here!") Article Planet Xamarin · 5y Goodbye Android Emulators, the Windows Subsystem for Android is Here! Windows Subsystem for Android lets you develop, debug, and deploy your Android apps from your favorite IDE. There is no Android launcher because Windows is the launcher of the apps. There are a few things to be aware of with WSA. It isn't an emulator, which means you don't get to control the skin. 37 1 7. 7 [](/posts/jesseduffield-lazygit-simple-terminal-ui-for-git-commands-j8wm8pkmf "jesseduffield/lazygit: simple terminal UI for git commands") Article Hacker News · 5y jesseduffield/lazygit: simple terminal UI for git commands A simple terminal UI for git commands, written in Go with the gocui library. Binary releases for Windows, Mac OS(10.12+) or Linux, you can download a binary release here. The lazygit formula can be found in the Homebrew core to get the frequently updated one. 37 1 8. 8 [](/posts/useful-vscode-shortcuts-e55zdcbw "useful vscode shortcuts") Article Hashnode · 5y useful vscode shortcuts VSCode is one of the most popular editors for web development. When writing code, we often require certain formatting actions, and a lot of them are supported by VSCode itself. Having hands-on keyboard shortcuts can help improve your coding speed by a lot.Default shortcuts are for Mac, while shortcuts for Windows and Linux are mentioned below. 32 2 9. 9 [](/posts/my-ultimate-powershell-prompt-with-oh-my-posh-and-the-windows-terminal-f-sje5sij "My Ultimate PowerShell prompt with Oh My Posh and the Windows Terminal") Article Discover .NET · 5y My Ultimate PowerShell prompt with Oh My Posh and the Windows Terminal My Ultimate PowerShell prompt with Oh My Posh and the Windows Terminal Open Source | Win10 | Win11 Posted in I've long blogged about my love of setting up a nice terminal. This post will serve as my "setting up a new machine" post until I get around to writing a script to do all this for me. 29 3 10. 10 [](/posts/blender-3-0-is-out-and-it-ll-blow-your-socks-off-uugnbxpco "Blender 3.0 is Out, And It'll Blow Your Socks Off") Article omg! ubuntu! · 5y Blender 3.0 is Out, And It'll Blow Your Socks Off Blender 3.0 comes with new features and updates like an upgraded ‘Cycles X’ rendering engine. 2-3 times better mesh editing performance, and much faster file loading times thanks, in part, to Zstandard compression. Blender is the go-to 3D creation suite for creatives of all shades. 25 3 11. 11 [](/posts/linux-has-grown-into-a-viable-pc-gaming-platform-and-the-steam-stats-prove-it-e1qzrdli "Linux Has Grown Into A Viable PC Gaming Platform And The Steam Stats Prove It") Article Hacker News · 5y Linux Has Grown Into A Viable PC Gaming Platform And The Steam Stats Prove It 74 of the top 100 most-played games on Steam are in "Gold" or "Platinum" status. That means the game should work "out of the box" with no modifications. The quality of Proton is a matter of ever-increasing importance as we creep closer to the February 2022 launch window for the Steam Deck. 23 2 12. 12 [](/posts/visual-studio-2022-for-mac-preview-4-ge1jqq3dx "Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Preview 4") Article Visual Studio Blog · 5y Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Preview 4 Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Preview 4 is now available for download. It continues our move of the IDE to fully native macOS UI, fixes many top issues, and introduces new experiences for laying out your windows and searching your source. Get the latest release using the Visual Studio > Check for Updates… menu or download it now. 22 1 13. 13 [](/posts/announcing-net-6-the-fastest-net-yet-loo6qrgik "Announcing .NET 6 — The Fastest .NET Yet") Article DevBlogs · 5y Announcing .NET 6 — The Fastest .NET Yet C# 10 and F# 6 deliver language improvements that make your code simpler and better. .NET 6 is the first release that natively supports Apple Silicon (Arm64) and has also been improved for Windows Arm64\. Hot Reload enables you to skip rebuilding and restarting your app to view a new change. 20 14. 14 [](/posts/db-lens---explore-data-execute-sql-metrics-disk-usage-more-isl28ztil "DB Lens - Explore data, execute SQL, metrics, disk usage & more") Article Product Hunt · 5y DB Lens - Explore data, execute SQL, metrics, disk usage & more DB Lens is an opensource database client for Mac, Linux & Windows. It helps developers to explore, observe & understand the database in a better way. DB Lens is available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Spanish. It is available as a free download or as a paid version. 16 15. 15 [](/posts/the-best-part-of-windows-11-is-a-revamped-windows-subsystem-for-linux-09ujt6xz9 "The best part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux") Article Changelog · 5y The best part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux The best part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux. WSL is finally easy to install—and offers automatic sound/graphics support. Microsoft decided to go future-forward and build using the Wayland protocol rather than the increasingly elderly X11/xorg. 15 5 16. 16 [](/posts/how-to-run-linux-apps-on-windows-10-and-11-using-wsl-64locpxml "How to Run Linux Apps on Windows 10 and 11 Using WSL") Article freeCodeCamp · 5y How to Run Linux Apps on Windows 10 and 11 Using WSL Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) can be used to run Linux commands in Windows. WSL is available on Windows 10, but it is way more efficient on Windows 11\. This article will cover what you can do on both Windows 10 and 11\. To run WSL on Windows, you'll need to install WSL 2 and Ubuntu. 14 1 17. 17 [](/posts/microsoft-calls-firefox-s-browser-workaround-improper-will-block-it-ab1i1g7-g "Microsoft Calls Firefox’s Browser Workaround “Improper,” Will Block It") Article Hacker News · 5y Microsoft Calls Firefox’s Browser Workaround “Improper,” Will Block It Windows 11 lets you choose your default browser, but it takes a lot of clicks and Microsoft sometimes forces you to use Edge, anyway. Firefox had a workaround, but Microsoft calls it “improper” and will soon block it. Microsoft made a statement to The Verge where it explained the logic behind its decision. 13 3 18. 18 [](/posts/easily-run-windows-software-on-linux-with-bottles-bottles-zrvh8rpcd "Easily run Windows software on Linux with 🍷 Bottles! ⋅ Bottles") Article Hacker News · 5y Easily run Windows software on Linux with 🍷 Bottles! ⋅ Bottles Bottles introduces a new way to handle Windows prefixes using environments. Environments are a combination of ready-to-use settings, libraries and dependencies.Choose between Gaming and Software environment based on the type of software you want to start. Empowered by environments you can create your own applications. 12 19. 19 [](/posts/command-line-quick-tips-wc-sort-sed-and-tr-uqj3p5a4a "Command line quick tips: wc, sort, sed and tr") Article Fedora Magazine · 5y Command line quick tips: wc, sort, sed and tr Linux is the best-known and most-used open source operating system. Linux is software that sits underneath all of the other software on a computer, receiving requests from those programs and replaying these requests to the computer's hardware. Let’s have a look at some command line utilities which come in handy when you’re the guy that likes to stick with the terminal. 12 20. 20 [](/posts/gnome-is-exploring-a-new-quick-settings-feature-wya3je84r "GNOME is Exploring a New ‘Quick Settings’ Feature") Article omg! ubuntu! · 5y GNOME is Exploring a New ‘Quick Settings’ Feature GNOME Shell design team is exploring how to make accessing commonly used settings even easier. They’ve produced a bunch of mockups and even an animation for the feature they call ‘quick settings’ The designs look at how to handle sub-menus where advanced options can be accessed without a trip to the Settings app proper. 10 21. 21 [](/posts/i-like-edge-too-bad-microsoft-is-being-a-jerk-about-it-zz4mi1has "I like Edge — too bad Microsoft is being a jerk about it") Article The Next Web · 5y I like Edge — too bad Microsoft is being a jerk about it Microsoft’s hostile attitude towards allowing people to use third-party browsers is making me second guess that choice. For example, Windows 11 normally forces you to open links from its system UI, such as the search function or the news widget, in Edge. Microsoft seems to think only Edge should be capable of opening these links. 10 6 22. 22 [](/posts/spice-up-linux-based-terminal-on-windows-cshoe50tq "Spice Up Linux-based Terminal on Windows") Article JavaScript in Plain English · 5y Spice Up Linux-based Terminal on Windows Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) allows you to run Linux commands on Windows. To run WSL on windows, you first need to enable the feature. oh-my-zsh is a powerful plugin manager for zsh shell. It includes 300+ optional plugins, 140+ themes to spice up your morning. 10 1 23. 23 [](/posts/how-to-build-your-own-mouseless-development-environment-smashing-magazine-c-xcvaxbw "How To Build Your Own Mouseless Development Environment — Smashing Magazine") Article Smashing Magazine · 5y How To Build Your Own Mouseless Development Environment — Smashing Magazine Building a development environment with the shell as a keystone offers multiple benefits. You can use tools that fit nicely with each other, you can customize everything depending on your own needs, and you can control your entire environment with your keyboard. This can save a lot of cognitive energy as well as deliver a pleasant user experience. 10 1 24. 24 [](/posts/react-native-is-hiring-managers-to-expand-beyond-mobile-react-native-dux7le7fh "React Native Is Hiring Managers, To Expand Beyond Mobile · React Native") Article React Native · 5y React Native Is Hiring Managers, To Expand Beyond Mobile · React Native React Native powers Video Calling in Messenger for Windows and macOS. React and Relay power the Oculus Home and many other virtual reality experiences. We are looking for managers who will care deeply about the growth and success of our engineers. 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