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Installing extra applications for Windows 10
Misc notes
- Some applications can be installed directly from the Microsoft Store
Firefox and Thunderbird
VLC media player
VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
Python
Depending on which kind of data, you can install a Python distribution either directly in Windows, or in the Linux section (WSL + Ubuntu or some other Linux flavor) of the computer
CDAT
CDAT is a Python distribution for the climate scientist. It can only be installed in the WSL+Ubuntu part of a Win10 computer. Check the installation instructions for 8.1 (or later)
Anaconda
The Anaconda Python distribution can be installed either directly in Win10, or in the WSL+Ubuntu part of Win10. CDAT (above) uses Anaconda for its installation
Canopy
The Enthought Canopy Python distribution can be installed either directly in Win10, or in the WSL+Ubuntu part of Win10.
VcXsrv Windows X Server
Once VcXsrv is installed (see below), follow the VcXsrv on Win10 extra steps to solve the resolution problems (blurry text, etc…)
Check the Win7 VcXrv section
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
Check the WSL page if you want to execute Ubuntu (or another Linux) on your Win10 computer
