I'm a Windows user, but I've used Linux quite a bit for school or work. I'm now a keyboard user, I avoid using the mouse unless I'm browsing the web, and in my opinion Windows is WAY better for keyboard use than any Linux I've used. That is if you disregard the command line, which obviously is better on Linux (you can get Cygwin if you'd like a UNIX command line). The GUI in Windows is, in my opinion, astonishingly good. It's the best part of the OS. Once you learn a few hotkeys, you'll be blazing through everything. Some of my favourites (I'll denote the windows key as Wkey): Wkey+left or right arrow: Fits the current window to the respective half of the screen (good for putting two windows next to each other) Wkey+E: Open an explorer window Ctrl+Shift+N: Create a new folder Wkey: Open start menu (and type in stuff to search for applications) EDIT: I've never used it myself, but I've heard Powershell is good. It comes with Windows, and is much more modern than cmd.
Are you comparing bash to cmd? zsh to Powershell? Since I took the time to learn Powershell, I have found the command line experience on Windows and Linux to be largely equivalent. Powershell even aliases a large number of sh style commands, so much so that I only really know how to do things on the command line in "*nix style".That is if you disregard the command line, which obviously is better on Linux
Well, since I stated that I've never used Powershell, obviously I don't have much basis for comparison on that front. I've mostly used cmd or Cygwin. Cygwin is pretty good, but you just can't compare the integration with what you get in Linux.
Oh, that's awesome! If you would happen to recall some more tips like that, please share them. :D I do know about Cygwin but haven't installed it yet. With regard to Powershell, I'll have to find some tutorial that's on my speed though. While I was just a kid (literally, I think I was ~9 years old) when learning about piping and redirections… holy shit, that took me weeks to get the basic idea. Same happened when I was trying out one lisp-like shell for fun, suddenly most of my know-how became incompatible. :/ One thing regarding Win key: that was for a very long time my default key for choosing non-standard letters (all umlauts, Swedish and Norwegian characters, that sort of stuff). It's going to take me quite a while to get over. I was constantly getting annoyed when I was writing a letter to my uncle and instead of ß I was seeing Windows' start menu 'for no reason'. ;)
Yeah, the reason I've never used Powershell is just that I'd have to learn it, which is more work than installing Cygwin ;). Some more favourites: Wkey+D: Minimises every window and takes you to the desktop. When you hold alt+tab, you can use the arrow keys to select windows, this is good if you have lots open. Ctrl+Shift+Esc: Opens the task manager without you having to do ctrl+alt+del and click "task manager".