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Microsoft built a version of Windows 11 without the bloat, but there's a big catch

Project Zenith is proof that Microsoft knows how to make a less annoying version of Windows 11. So, why is it making it ...

94% of top PyPI packages feature native Windows on Arm support

Anaconda now hosts 2,500 Arm packages, while NumPy and SciPy publish native wheels to aid data scientists migrating off ...

I had been using Windows 11, yet I didn't know about WSL

Long time no see!It has been a while since my last post, but I plan to continue writing articles about things that catch my ...

Python's Arm support advances: Dependencies to check before upgrading PCs

Can you run your usual data aggregation and automation tasks on a new PC? For those who use Python for work or IT staff ...
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Python 3.15 Makes UTF-8 the Default, Easing Windows Text Issues — but Legacy Code Needs a Check

Python 3.15's UTF-8 default reduces environment-dependent behavior when no encoding is specified. We look at what it means ...

Python 3.15 goes global with UTF-8 support

Today all the cool languages and runtimes pledge allegiance to UTF-8, including Rust, Go, and Node.js (JavaScript itself prefers UTF-16 for internal encoding). Most code editors, from Visual Studio ...
How-To Geek

Windows 11 promises to clean up bloat, but disabling its own features is the only thing that works

These pre-installed apps run background processes, scheduled tasks, and startup entries that eat up your RAM and CPU. All of ...
XDA Developers

Windows 11 has a built-in tool that handles my morning routine, and it’s better than any paid app out there

At its core is a custom script I've repeatedly tweaked to run whenever my PC powers up. It is more complex than merely ...

Python 3.15 released: Lazy imports, UTF-8 and new data types

Python 3.15 is expected to speed up some programs and simplifies handling immutable data. UTF-8 as standard requires testing.
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Your Windows 11 PC is always using half its RAM, and that's a good thing

That 10GB of cached memory is there to make your PC run faster.
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Microsoft built the best version of Windows 11 and put it behind a wall of code

Project Zenith proves that a bloat-free Windows 11 can exist. Why is Microsoft reserving it for developers with 64GB of RAM?

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