Microsoft is turning Windows 11's Start Menu into an advertisement delivery system

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  • ExplorerPatcher

    This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows

    Add in Explorer Patcher and it's a good experience. (It removes the WIN 11 startmenu button)

  • Open-Shell-Menu

    Classic Shell Reborn.

    You know who else did? Retrobar. Works great with Open-Shell!

  • 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.

  • hardened_malloc

    Hardened allocator designed for modern systems. It has integration into Android's Bionic libc and can be used externally with musl and glibc as a dynamic library for use on other Linux-based platforms. It will gain more portability / integration over time.

    I think a pixel running GrapheneOS is the closest thing we have to a sane, user-respecting option right now.

  • lutris

    Lutris desktop client

    If you don't use Steam, then there's a utility called Lutris that can handle installing and configuring a bunch of games for you outside of Steam. My personal experience is that on Pop!_OS (the most dead simple and easy Linux distribution I've found) Steam is the better way to go, as Lutris doesn't always work for me.

  • Pi-hole

    A black hole for Internet advertisements

    For those who like Raspberry PI projects, there is Pie-hole: https://pi-hole.net/

  • mintsystem

  • Simple.NFS.GUI

    GUI tool for NFS for Linux. Set a machine as Client/Server in a local network easily with this front-end for NFS.

    This tool might help, though, even this is more complicated than two or three clicks so I get it.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • SmartTube

    SmartTube - an advanced player for set-top boxes and tvs running Android OS

    https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTubeNext (only android)

  • reactos

    A free Windows-compatible Operating System

    p.s., another candidate is ReactOS’s explorer.exe.

  • PowerToys

    Windows system utilities to maximize productivity

    PowerToys has a feature called PowerToys Run. You press Alt+Space (or whatever shortcut you prefer) and just start typing for the application or file (or equation or unit conversion) you want. Beats built-in start menu "search" by a mile.

  • Microsoft-Activation-Scripts

    Discontinued A collection of scripts for activating Microsoft products using HWID / KMS38 / Online KMS activation methods with a focus on open-source code, less antivirus detection and user-friendliness.

    Next time, grab the Microsoft Activation Scripts and save yourself the trouble

  • archweb

    Arch Linux website code

  • RetroBar

    Classic Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista taskbar for modern versions of Windows

    You know who else did? Retrobar. Works great with Open-Shell!

  • Rectangle

    Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas

  • docker-steam-headless

    A Headless Steam Docker image supporting NVIDIA GPU and accessible via Web UI

    I'm running Steam Headless and living with the drawbacks. I'd rather figure out how to run games on linux than install Windows, even in a VM. I don't need ads and refuse to give Microsoft any money, anymore.

  • ubuntu.com

    The official website for the Ubuntu operating system

    Ubuntu

  • shell

    Pop!_OS Shell

    Here it is: https://github.com/pop-os/shell

  • SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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