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hosts
🔒 Consolidating and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. Optionally pick extensions for porn, social media, and other categories.
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InfluxDB
Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
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AreWeAntiCheatYet
A comprehensive and crowd-sourced list of games using anti-cheats and their compatibility with GNU/Linux or Wine.
I'm on https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher to make 11 bearable, but it's a bit of a rough ride every time an update hits. First time ever I went through with a "donate" link on some software, that's how bad 11 is!
I really liked Windows 10. Like I honestly felt like Microsoft had gotten their head out of their ass and started trying to build a good product again.
Sure, you had to use O&O ShutUp (1) and block ads via hosts table (2) and turn off DNS Caching (3) or it would take like 10 minutes to find your internet connection again every time you re-booted... but I felt like they were going in the right direction, and I could mute all the crap I hated.
And then Windows 11 came out. And it has zilch in the way of any new features, and they keep pushing more and more of the annoying crap. Like a "search" button that forces Bing, and weather than forces Bing, and "online" that forces Teams and whatever else. And you can turn stuff off, for the most part...
But I just feel like they're constantly trying to find new ways to spam their crap on me, and force their other products or services -- many of which I've already told them numerous times I hate. I hate Bing. I hate Teams. I hate all that schlock they're peddling. And they keep making it more pervasive, and harder to turn off.
And look, there's no UX improvements I enjoy, there's no features I need... Windows 11, and all of Microsoft's new features for Windows are just garbage. If I had one wish for Microsoft, it would be to stop trying to sell me things via the OS. Just build a good OS, and stop all the other crap. It's not making me say, "Gosh, I love all your new features!" It's making me actively look for alternatives.
(1) https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10
(2) https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
(3) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/47441/ho...
I recommend using RetroBar https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar
Its portable and gives your taskbar look of Windows 98 -> Vista.