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Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer

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  1. Linux Mint is one of the most popular desktop Linux distributions and used by millions of people.
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    Sick of Microsoft's crap? Come join us over at Linux. It's now user friendly, everything works, and it puts you back in control. Linux Mint is a perfect OS for those used to Windows. 80% of Steam games now run perfect on Linux too.

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  2. A developer-focused minimalist Linux distro from System 76
    I have not tried it myself, but many people recommend PopOS (https://pop.system76.com/) for new users that also like to game. That might be worth looking into.

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  3. Pi-hole is a multi-platform, network-wide ad blocker.
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    Fedora creates an innovative, free, and open source platform for hardware, clouds, and containers that enables software developers and community members to build tailored solutions for their users.

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  5. Manjaro Linux is a linux distribution which is based on arch linux. It uses the PACMAN package manager.
    I'm just going to leave this right here.

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    Lutris is an open source gaming platform for GNU/Linux.
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    Ubuntu is a Debian Linux-based open source operating system for desktop computers.
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    I've been a full nope to Microsoft for more than a decade. https://ubuntu.com/.

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  8. Plasma Workspaces is the umbrella term for all graphical environments provided by KDE.
    If you wanted to you could set your wife up with a totally stripped down Gnome or KDE Plasma desktop that hides literally everything except for the things that she might care to use. You could even create shortcuts to various websites using something like Mint's Web App Manager or by writing .desktop files by hand.

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  9. The virt-manager application is a desktop user interface for managing virtual machines through...
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    Don't even need to buy a VMware license. Just use KVM with virt-manager which already support PCIe pass through.

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  10. Learn more about how the Windows Subsystem for Linux works.
    Itโ€™s not exactly easy to set up (for a layman like me), but there is now the Windows Subsystem for Linux where you can have a Unix shell natively on Windows.

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    Winfile is an updated version of the Windows NT File Manager, which itself was an updated version of a similar program for Windows 3 and 3.11.

    #File Manager #FTP Client #File Management 9 social mentions

  12. Your next file manager

    #File Manager #FTP Client #File Explorer 10 social mentions

  13. Classic Shell was developed for Windows 8 since that was the first version of the popular operating system to forgo the iconic Start menu.
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    Lolwut. The stock menu's usability is bad enough for me to always install Classic Shell straight away, so I didn't even know the fucker had ads. wtf.

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  14. Online operating system tester
    Try out several distributions online in your browser without any need to install anything here.

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    Linux operating system distribution derived from Ubuntu but with KDE environment.

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    #Search Engine #Web Search #Internet Search 1814 social mentions

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