According to the Spanish RAE dictionary, Deshinchar: v. To deflate or reduce something swollen. That’s what this post is about: stripping Windows 11 of the apps, services, and options that simply get in the way — bloatware — that eat resources and clutter the experience. Works on a fresh Windows install as well as on one already in use. …
In this post I explain how I configure a Windows 11 that I’m going to use for software development, testing or demos. I don’t need frills since it won’t have sensitive data, I want its essence, bare-bones, with few applications, some browsing and that’s it. In the end it became a technical exercise – removing everything I can, ads, Edge, extras, installing minimal drivers, a local account, having it boot and be available as soon as possible. Note: a year later I decided to create a new decent Windows 11 (2025). …
Dualboot: two operating systems on the same machine, picking one at each boot. The usual path is to install Windows first and Linux second, but here I start from the opposite case — Ubuntu 24.04 already running and filling a 4 TB disk — and walk through adding Windows 11 Pro: resizing the partition, installing Windows, and customizing the GRUB boot menu. …
In this post I describe how to repurpose an old MacBook Air (2015) by installing Linux on it and extending its useful life. Over time, these Macs become nearly useless machines, painfully slow and with insufficient memory. Why not take advantage of them with Linux? A 2015 MacBook Air with 8GB of RAM and a 128GB drive can become a very useful machine. …