Tag: windows
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Win11: No More Local Accounts
Microsoft Kills Windows 11 Local Account Setup Just as Windows 10 Reaches End of LifeLocal account workarounds removed just before Windows 10 goes dark. Microsoft has a track record of introducing features people never requested. Remember Recall? The controversial AI screenshot feature that captured everything on your screen raised serious privacy concerns.The pattern continues with…
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WSL Is Now Open Source
The Windows Subsystem for Linux Is Now Open SourceMicrosoft today announced that it is open sourcing the Windows Subsystem for Linux, which developers have been requesting for a long time. At its annual Build developer conference, Microsoft today announced that it is open sourcing the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), which allows developers to easily…
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Proton Could Make Gamers Switch
I’m a gamer, and games are the only reason I’m still on Windows. I use a Mac for most of my day-to-day work, my servers have used Linux for years, and I frequently use WSL even on Windows when doing development work or interacting with my servers. Years and years ago, I’d tried to switch…
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Kubuntu for 8 Months
I’ve Used Kubuntu for 8 Months: What I’ve Learned About This Linux Distro Ubuntu may get the limelight a lot in Linux circles, but it has several cousins. One of them is Kubuntu Linux, and it has some unique qualities that might lead you to make it your primary operating system. If you have trouble…
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No More Win10? Use Free10!!
Don’t know how to quit Windows 10? This Linux distro is for you – and it’s free:Free10 is a repacking of the Q40S Linux distribution and it makes an outstanding option for anyone looking to migrate from Windows to Linux! Since I started covering Linux and open-source technology in the late 1990s, my goal has…
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Windows In Just 2 Commands
Get Windows on Linux in 10 Minutes With These 2 Commands. Sometimes on Linux you need a working instance of Windows just to do a quick task that can only be done in Microsoft’s operating system. If you want to make that process as speedy as possible, check out Quickemu. Meet Quickemu Quickemu is a…
