Tag: Windows
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MS Word is… very nice
Weeks after saying goodbye to Ubuntu and hello to Windows as my desktop OS I have to admit: MS Word is very nice. Well, after being away from MS Office for more than 15 years, I can say my experience with Word so far has been a pure joy.
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How to clear your screen on Windows 10
I’m going to be listing the various commands here as I learn them. Ctrl + q Ctrl + w Alt + F4 … last updated on August 1, 2023
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PowerShell’s verbosity
So far, considering a first month of usage, things look very verbose in Windows PowerShell when compared to Linux in day to day operations. Checking free memory, for example. You have to make a call to a system’s object. In Linux, the same operation is abstracted to a simple short named app intuitively called ‘free’.…
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Opsec updates 2023 – Windows
last updated on July 23, 2023 I have recently switched back to Windows after being an Ubuntu user for 16 years. Reasons are lightly stated in a previous post if you care checking them out. Barbie (land) is at the local movie theaters right now and so am I into the Microsoft mindset for personal…
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2 apps you cannot live without if you are a Windows user
I switched back to Windows last week and since then I have (re)discovered some true gems I used to enjoy until I decided to move to Windows on the desktop. Image viewer IrfanView! The name is strange, so is its icon. I remember when I shared my screen with somebody online and his reaction was:…
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Goodbye Ubuntu
As of this weekend I’m no longer using Ubuntu on my laptop. Thank you, Canonical, for all the good service provided since 2007, but I could not continue on this journey. I got tired of all the error messages, subpar hardware compatibility, restrictions of all sorts, Linux version not available, warsaw modules etc. I’m jumping…