Methods to Install Software
Much of the interesting software can be installed on your laptop without requiring admin permissions, if you know how. You are not bypassing the security of the laptop, but rather using a secondary approach, called the portable installation. Once installed, the software cannot perform elevated operations, but it can run its intended functions just for you.
The general strategy is to create a root subfolder for you; e.g. C:\sofia (called the "app folder") and then add all your portable software there.
An alternative strategy is to install scoop or chocolatey or both to make installing software very easy. Winget requires admin permissions and so we'll ignore it. Some decisions facts: * Chocolatey tends to require more admin permissions and PowerShell * Scoop installs more to user folders.
Parents- Frameworks and Runtime Environments General overview of operating systems with emphasis on Windows and Linux
- Chocolatey (1) Chocolatey package manager and installer
- Scoop (1) Scoop package manager and installer
- Cygwin (1) The Cygwin unix-like environment that runs on Windows.
- MinGW The MinGW unix-like environment that runs on Windows.
- MSYS2 Minimalist GNU for Windows
- Windows Subsystem for Linux (1) If you have a machine with Windows on it, this is the fastest way to get up an running with Linux