[JPKab]

Anaconda would have avoided this. It's a breeze to install on Windows.

The Windows answer to apt is chocolatey, BTW.

FYI, Windows 10 is actually pretty easy to deal with. The primary issue I see these days is around certain numerical libraries not building unless user has CPP compiler installed.

[astrodust]

Windows 10 + WSL is a dramatic improvement over the experience on Windows 8 and earlier, but it just goes to show how good things could have been all along if Microsoft had ever committed to making a Windows package manager.