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I thought my Windows PC was slow until I stopped installing these apps on day one

…Related 4 Windows 11 startup apps I disabled to instantly speed up my PC One bold move to instantly speed up an aging PC Third-party antivirus Use Windows Security My first…

Mar 29, 2026 · Parth Shah

6 open-source programs I use instead of the paid alternatives

…Related The 20 best open-source alternatives to popular software on Windows Not everyone wants to trust big corporations, and these open-source Windows programs give the power back to the community…

Apr 21, 2026 · Megan Ellis

Microsoft finally let us turn off Smart App Control, and I'm turning it off immediately

…Related I’m a power user and I’m disabling these Windows features on purpose If you've used Windows 11 for any length of time, you'll understand. What finally changed…

Apr 14, 2026 · Korbin Brown

5 best free alternatives to Adobe creative software you should use instead

…save you from needing more comprehensive and expensive software. DaVinci Resolve works on the same platforms as Premiere Pro, which is exclusively Windows and macOS — there’s no Linux support. There are…

Mar 31, 2026 · Ruby Helyer

Fedora 44 will automatically make your Windows games run faster, no tweaks required

…Related Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at the kernel level, and the speed gains are massive Wine 11 is the biggest jump for Linux gaming in years. NTSYNC will…

Mar 28, 2026 · Simon Batt

Windows is undeniably convenient, but Linux puts you in charge

…On a typical consumer PC, you install Windows, sign in, let it fetch drivers, install your usual apps, games, and then move on. Almost all software still targets Windows first, and the…

Mar 20, 2026 · Ty Sherback

My Windows PC is unusable without these third-party tools, and Microsoft doesn't care

…Related Windows 11 feels heavier than it should, and these defaults are part of the problem For all it does right, Windows 11 could stand to lose plenty of weight WizTree "Yer…

Mar 21, 2026 · Tanveer Singh

I rebuilt my Windows install around Winget and dotfiles, and it feels like Linux (in a good way)

…Related Stop downloading software from websites: Windows has a built-in package manager Make things easier for yourself Let Winget handle package installation It's more capable than you think I was…

Mar 20, 2026 · Korbin Brown

Dual-booting Windows and Linux stopped making sense once my hardware got good enough

…Virtual machines remain impervious to finicky Windows updates. It's a separate software that shares the hardware resources and allocates them to the OS running inside it. Unless the Windows update has…

May 4, 2026 · Abhishek Kumar Mishra

France's government is ditching Windows for Linux, calling US tech dependence a strategic risk

…Related With support for Windows 10 ending, LibreOffice creator thinks you should switch to Linux instead of Windows 11 It has criticized Microsoft's aggressive practices, licensing models, and telemetry, noting that…

Apr 10, 2026 · Simon Batt

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