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In recent years, Microsoft has changed its attitude towards the open source operating system Linux. A slimmed-down version can be found, for example, in the Windows subsystem for Linux. This ...

After years of trying lightweight Linux distros, a modified Windows setup finally made my old laptop enjoyable again.

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