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. …
I set up Windows 11 as a cross-platform development machine (Linux, macOS, and Windows), not Microsoft-only. Starting from a clean English install, tuned lightly (optionally after a dualboot). The post starts with the CLI and WSL2 and ends with the tools and programming languages. …
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). …