Microsoft takes a swing at Ninite with its own multi-app install package feature powered by the Microsoft Store

The online Microsoft Store now supports creating a single install package for multiple apps at once, similar to Ninite, but ...

Someone stripped Windows 7 down to a 69MB download – with some caveats

Windows enthusiasts have been stripping the operating system down to its bare minimum for years. Now, a user known as "Xeno" on Twitter has reduced one ...

Windows 11 gets customizable lock screen, widgets improvements, and more in build 27982

Windows 11 Canary build 27982 is now rolling out to Windows Insiders, offering them additional Lock Screen customization, ...
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I turned Ubuntu 24 into Windows 11, and it looks surprisingly good

To complement the recently created taskbar, my next step was to replicate the Windows 11 Start Menu in my Ubuntu system. For ...

First look at Windows 11's new Copilot-powered Taskbar search box in action — better than the old search UI?

Microsoft has started testing a new Copilot-powered search box on the Taskbar on Windows 11. It's better in some ways, but worse in others. Let's take a look.
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I went from Windows to Linux... then back again, and the grass isn't always greener

After scandal-plagued down-ballot candidate Jay Jones — running for attorney general — Spanberger carefully responded to ...