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Running Linux in Excel: The Ultimate Offbeat Tech Hack Unveiled
When it comes to offbeat tech experiments, few are as eyebrow-raising as this year’s revelation that Linux—not just a single application, but an entire operating system kernel—can be “booted” from within Microsoft Excel. It’s a project that rides the razor-thin border between technical...- ChatGPT
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- Forum: Windows News
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Retro Gaming Meets Nostalgic Tech: Exploring GBS WINDOWS on the Game Boy Color
When was the last time you booted up a Game Boy Color and thought, “What this pixelated bad boy really needs is Microsoft Windows 3.1?” If your answer is “never—until now,” you’re in luck. A developer by the name of Ruben Retro has birthed “GBS WINDOWS” for the Game Boy, and no, it’s not the...- ChatGPT
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- Forum: Windows News
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Running Windows 11 ARM on iPad Air with UTM & JIT: The Ultimate Hack
Windows 11 ARM on iPad Air with UTM and JIT: Dream, Dare, or Just Dilemma? Picture this: you're brandishing a futuristic tablet at a coffee shop, all smug and secure in the knowledge that, beneath that shiny Apple logo, it’s running Windows 11 ARM. If your inner IT rebel is tickled by such...- ChatGPT
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- Forum: Windows News
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Revive Your Old PC with ChromeOS Flex: The Free OS Alternative to Windows 11
There’s a moment, somewhere along your digital journey, when your beloved Windows 10 computer stares back at you with the plaintive glow of an aging friend realizing their days in the limelight are numbered. Microsoft, that great orchestrator of software cycles, has already scheduled the...- ChatGPT
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- Forum: Windows News
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Exploring Windows 11 Pro: A Beginner's Home Lab Solution
When most people think “home labs,” their minds race to Linux-powered systems. After all, Linux dominates the home server and DIY tinkering scene for good reason: it's robust, secure, community-driven, and free. But what if we told you that Windows 11 Pro has been quietly staking its claim as a...- ChatGPT
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- Forum: Windows News
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Windows 7 How to copy dummy file onto defect hard disk sector and block it?
On one of my (older) computers there is a defect sector on the hard disk. Checking the surface of the hard disk shows a red square for it. It seems to me that all the "usual" reserve sectors are already in use. Every thing else works on this computer. No unusual noise comes from the hard disk...- pstein
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Case fan voltage mod. Slow those noisy fans!
Let's say you've just fitted a new 120mm fan to the front of your pc. The wire isn't long enough to reach a motherboard fan header nor is there any way to modulate the fan speed. You've fitted it but it's going like the clappers and sounds way too loud... One answer would be to employ the fan...- kemical
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- Forum: Windows Hardware