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This website focusses on Windows and Web browsing. I will make separate websites for Android and Linux later. I don't use macOS regularly but I might create a few pages of my usage methods.

There's a lot of info on here.

Firstly, you can use Ctrl+K or ⌘+K to invoke the Search box.

Main Sections of this site

Principles of Setup

Design your technological life

Windows Configuration

Set up Windows to work well and remove bloat

Windows Usage

Optimize your Windows use

Application setup

Recommended apps, and set-up guides

Web Browser Setup

Optimizing your web browser for security and functionality

Entertainment

Getting & storing media, and streaming it locally within your home network

External resources

Websites that I recommend you read & learn from

Other tech support sub sites

Digital Life Freedom

Internet Safety

🔐

Privacy, security, shielding yourself and your devices

Digital Life Freedom

Decentralization

🗣️

Censorship-resistant communication methods

Typing Tips

✒️

Typing faster makes it easier to get your thoughts out before you forget

Power User

⚡

How to use your computer like a pro! Shortcuts, customisations, and more

File Management

📂

Learn some good ways to organise & protect your files

Programming

💻

Android

🤖

Linux

🐧

Setting up a computer to be useable and useful

Click each item below to expand. ↓

My principles for setting up a computer

• Decreasing Distraction

• Software & OS Configuration — Configuring the operating system to be uninvasive

• Hardware Selection — Choosing hardware that is ergonomic and unobtrusive

• Crafting Your Environment — Crafting your computer environment for focus.

• Back up everything you spend time creating!!!

Windows configuration

• Setting up a new Windows 11 system

• Startup Apps

• Third-party apps (system level)

  • Apps for special features

  • Software management — Uninstaller apps

• Edge: Make It Stop — Simple ways to make Microsoft Edge shut the fucking fuck up

• Removing Bloatware

• Automating tasks

  • Time Synchronization

Windows usage

• Windows Tools — tools that are already built in!

• PowerToys Tools — tools to power up your computer

• Tips on handling bugs

Application setup

Introduction to Application setup.

• Getting the apps you need in the first place

• Configuring large, complex apps (e.g. performance settings in Photoshop)

Web browser setup

• My default settings

• Good Browser Extensions

• Privacy & telemetry

• Passwords & security

Internet safety — and Decentralised technologies

• • cloud booting OS — swarm, deboot

  • file storage

• — circumventing simple website blocks when your government is a bit stupid and technologically inept

File management — sync, space, etc

— good management of files and personal data; difference between data storage (disks: HDDs, SSDs, flash, etc) and memory (RAM)

• — windirstat &simlr

• — Backup, sync, file streaming — reasons, services, pros & cons

• — Making it easier to find your files in the future

• • Long-term vs short-term files and what type of hard drive to put them on

  • Shortest term: scratch disks (apps like Photoshop), pagefile.sys, swap space