Microsoft keeps adding stuff into Windows we don't need

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  1. Win11Debloat

    A simple, lightweight PowerShell script that allows you to remove pre-installed apps, disable telemetry, as well as perform various other changes to declutter and customize your Windows experience. Win11Debloat works for both Windows 10 and Windows 11.

    I can make the same complaint about any Linux desktop environment.

    But to answer your question, about 45 seconds with https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat

    > or just learned to live with it

    If I’ve learned to live with it it’s not annoying stuff anymore.

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  3. csharplang

    The official repo for the design of the C# programming language

    Yes, very clunky. One of the big issues with this approach is that switch expressions still require a default branch because there’s no way in C# to express a completely closed set. This makes future changes to the set (sum type) hazardous.

    They continue to fiddle with design approaches to solve this. See https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/main/meetings/2025...

  4. winutil

    Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility - Install Programs, Tweaks, Fixes, and Updates

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