Fedora KDE Plasma’s combination of a less intrusive update model, true desktop-level customization, and the ability to remove unwanted preinstalled apps is convincing enough that some users say they don’t want to go back to Windows.
Background
Fedora is a mainstream Linux distribution known for...
app removal
desktop customization
dual boot
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krunner
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live usb
multi-monitor
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panels and widgets
polite updates
proton/steam
uninstall default apps
windows migration
workspace flexibility
Microsoft pushed Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27950 to the Canary Channel with a tightly focused set of reliability and compatibility fixes — most notably addressing persistent File Explorer freezes, audio regressions, and intermittent screen flicker while also smoothing gaming overlay...
Microsoft has pushed Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27950 to the Canary Channel with a tight, targeted set of bug fixes aimed at smoothing a handful of visual and installation problems that have frustrated Insiders — most notably fixes for taskbar preview misalignment after display resolution...
Microsoft has shipped Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27950 to the Canary Channel, a compact but meaningful flight that fixes a string of installer rollbacks, cleans up several UI and resource regressions, and temporarily reverts the new “Advanced” Settings page back to the prior “For...
Glow’s steady, unapologetic march toward a one-stop Windows system-information utility continued this month with reports circling of a new incremental release in the 25.x series — the expected Glow 25.11 update — bringing UI polish, performance optimizations, and deeper platform compatibility...
anti-cheat detection
dpi scaling
driver detection
glow
glow 25.11
gpu diagnostics
high dpi
local telemetry
multi-monitor
portable tool
privacy-first
ram benchmark
system diagnostics
system information
test tools
turkay software
vram detection
windows diagnostics
wmi optimization
Microsoft’s latest Release Preview channel updates make a small but meaningful usability change: you can now choose where on-screen hardware indicators — the volume, brightness, airplane mode and virtual desktop flyouts — appear on your display, and that’s just the tip of what landed in the...
accessibility
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brightness flyout
copilot+
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file explorer ai
flyouts
group policy
hardware indicators
high dpi
mdm
multi-monitor
onscreen indicators
release preview
taskbar pinning
virtual desktops
volume flyout
windows 11
Microsoft has pushed a small but notable maintenance update for Windows 10 Insiders in the Release Preview Channel — Build 19045.6388 (KB5066198) — marking another effort to squeeze extra stability and reliability out of Windows 10 as its lifecycle winds down. (windowsreport.com)
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build 19045.6388
build 22631.5982
canary channel
chinese ime
chinese ime rendering
end of servicing 2025
insider canary feedback
kb5065790
kb5066198
migration planning
multi-monitor
printer queue stability
remote desktop
remote desktop multi-monitor
temporary files cleanup
windows 10 release preview
windows 11
windows 11 release preview
windows insider program
Microsoft has pushed Windows 11 Build 22631.5982 (KB5065790) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel, delivering a broad set of reliability fixes and quality updates aimed at version 23H2 users and administrators.
Background
Windows Insider channels exist to stage changes before they reach...
24h2
25h2
build 22631.5982
canary channel
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configmgr sccm
cosa updates
cumulative update
display kernel
docking station
end of servicing
end of support
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esu
ime
ime rendering
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insider canary
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iso
it administration
kb5065790
kb5066198
mcpmanagement
migration planning
multi-monitor
october 2025
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pilot testing
printer queue
printer ui
rdp
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remote desktop
shared printer queue
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windows 11
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wsus
Microsoft today shipped a small but targeted cumulative update to Windows Insiders in the Release Preview Channel: Windows 11 Build 22631.5982 (KB5065790) for devices running Windows 11, version 23H2 (Build 22631). The release is a focused quality update that addresses several practical...
Microsoft pushed the September 2025 Patch Tuesday rollup to Windows 11 today, a cumulative release that—according to community reporting—carries the usual mix of security fixes, quality improvements and targeted Copilot reliability updates, but also surfaces a handful of user-facing regressions...
Tiling window managers aren’t a Linux-only productivity secret anymore — Windows has a healthy, maturing ecosystem of tilers that can radically change how you work, and four projects stand out right now for stability, polish, or sheer ambition.
Overview
Tiling window managers automatically...
Octos arrives as one of the cleanest, most developer-friendly entries in the live wallpaper scene: an open‑source engine that turns your Windows 10 or 11 desktop into a fully interactive HTML/CSS/JS canvas, ships with an explicit JavaScript API for native features, and is already available as...
Few things interrupt work faster than a mouse pointer that seems to vanish into thin air — but the disappearance of the mouse pointer is almost never supernatural. Whether it’s a program that hides the cursor on purpose, a driver hiccup, a multi-monitor alignment issue, or a power-management...
beam cursor
cursor disappears
cursor tips
device manager
display settings
driver update
hide pointer while typing
mouse pointer
multi-monitor
pointer accessibility
sfc dism
show pointer location
tech support
text cursor
troubleshooting
usb power management
usb selective suspend
windows
windows 11 24h2
Windows provides a surprising number of ways to capture your screen, from the quick-and-dirty Print Screen key to a full-featured Snipping Tool that now includes OCR and video recording — this guide explains each native option, shows when to reach for third‑party tools, and evaluates risks and...
clipboard
greenshot
multi-monitor
ocr
onedrive
print screen
privacy
prtscn
redaction
screen capture
screenshots
security
sharex
snagit
snipping tool
win shift s
windows
windows game bar
workflow
xbox game bar
The snap layouts flyout that appears when you drag a window to the top of the screen can be useful — but for many multi‑monitor users it’s an irritating interruption; Windows 11 exposes a single checkbox that removes that top‑of‑screen UI while leaving snap functionality intact, and this article...
Lost Soul Aside’s PC release lands with a surprisingly full-featured port: native DualSense support with adaptive triggers, unlocked framerates and multi-monitor 4K/HDR, advanced ray-tracing for reflections, shadows and global illumination — and a PC requirements chart that effectively makes ray...
KDE Plasma 6.4.3 arrives as a small but consequential update, tightening the everyday experience on Wayland with a smarter default screen scaling choice and a raft of fixes across KWin, accessibility, notifications, and classic desktop widgets.
Why a modest point release matters
Plasma’s rapid...
Microsoft’s Snipping Tool for Windows 11 is getting a practical — if incremental — upgrade: a new window mode for screen recording that lets you pick a single application window as the recording region instead of drawing a freeform rectangle around the desktop. The change is shipping to Windows...
KDE Plasma’s desktop delivers a set of small, disciplined refinements that add up to a very different user experience from Windows 11 — and four of those refinements in particular illustrate why many Windows users who crave control, speed, and muscle in their desktop workflows find KDE difficult...
Microsoft’s Windows has become maddeningly loud about what it thinks you should do — sign in with a Microsoft account, buy Game Pass, use Copilot+, install OneDrive — yet when it comes to the small, gritty features that actually speed work, the OS still feels stingy and distracted. The...