I know, I know. Stop judging me. Did a fresh install just now. Have a data drive so not a big deal. I forgot to do a few things (I hope not too many) such as save the Firefox bookmarks and settings. Oh well.
I installed Firefox just now and of course turned on colour management, turned off as many Windows privacy stuff as I could remember and turned on max active hours so Windows doesnāt surprise me with hard reboots. Oh, and naturally, I bookmarked my favourite community. That is all I have done so far.
Would like to know what you would install and set up next; e.g., Firefox bookmarks and plugins. Apps and settings that you wouldnāt go without. Any recommendations are welcome. Thanks!
Actually right after install I first setup languages, input system, dictionaries, desktop background to single color.
Darktable/RawTherapee aināt on my list, that I run from a USB drive.
I wonder why I canāt login via TightVNC now. I can when Iām on the same network (a bit pointless) but not from remote. Sounds like the a router issue, but port forward tcp 5800/5900 are set.
Not much advice I could give but the Windows 10 updates take forever and a day to download, get things ready, install, reboot and possibly reboot againā¦ You might be ready by next Tuesday. Good luck!
By dictionaries, do you mean for apps? I have done it for Firefox so farā¦
Looks like Windows has a new feature where updates are stalled for 2 weeks so that the user may have the time to set things up first. Positive change. However, when I change the default apps, I get a nag prompt every time, which is new. Some things never change.
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After some struggle, got Transmission to work properly; basically, discovered a bug. In the process relearned how to make new file types for Firefox to recognize.
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1 Forgot how to customize the window title bar colour so it consistently shows grey when inactive. Sometimes, it is black (Firefox); other times, white (third-parties?) or grey (File Explorer).
2 Never figured out how to set default dictionary for spellcheck in Firefox. Always have to choose my preferred English.
Probably unpopular opinion: Donāt get antivirus. Get a decent virus scanner if you want to periodically check for malware, but do not install an antivirus service. These present an additional attack surface and often acquire high privileges and working at a low system level, so a compromise is even worse. if you behave sensibly (securly), i.e. donāt install unknown software or from unknown sources, donāt download anything from untrusted sources and keep your system and software up-to-date, you donāt need an antivirus. Of course if you know that your users simply donāt care (I remember cleaning up browser toolbars every other month in my family ), then an antivirus might do more good than harm (but Iāll wager theyāll get your computer infected anyway). With a mildly security sensitive user it doesnāt.
And donāt get me started on resource hogging and false positives (that donāt get taken care of for ages despite multiple user reports).
Well, thatās probably because Iām a bit on the paranoid side, and my computer doesnāt complain much about having another service running. Youāre right anyway, and the best antivirus is yourself, if you know what youāre doing and what to avoid doing.
Yes, it would seem the most prevalent attacks come from information compromised by enterprises with which youāve established credentials. And thatās hard to manage when some of these enterprises are important to getting through your dayā¦
Since anitvirus was mentioned by @XavAL and @rasimo, I figured Iād mention that I use Immunet for the limited times I have to use Windows. Those occasions that I find myself using Windows is to update firmware on my Nikons and Pocketwizard triggers and probably some other things Iām forgetting. But anyway, Iāve never had any troubles while using Immunet for my admittedly ultra restricted use of Windows.
and settings. Oh well.
That is all I have done so far. 
), then an antivirus might do more good than harm (but Iāll wager theyāll get your computer infected anyway). With a mildly security sensitive user it doesnāt.