Let's Take Control of Windows
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This week, we’re going to Take Control of Windows 11, start working toward a better approach to online photos and video, take a new Niri competitor for a test spin, answer questions from the audience, and see how we all did on last week's homework.
Support Take Control of Your Tech and get an ad-free podcast feed, access to the community, and early access to upcoming episodes by subscribing!- Take Control Github Repo w/ Full Shownotes and Windows Fixes: https://github.com/notthatwillsmith/takecontrol
- Will's most recent fixing Windows article: https://takecontrol.content.town/blog/unfucking-windows-for-fun-and-profit/
- Ars Technica's Fixing Windows 11 Article: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/what-i-do-to-clean-up-a-clean-install-of-windows-11-23h2-and-edge/
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- Immich, a self-hosted home photo and video storage app: https://immich.app/
- Umbriel, the new Linux compositor from the folks who make Noctalia: https://docs.noctalia.dev/umbriel/
Next week's homework: Take Control of Your Windows install using our tips (and share your favs!)
- (00:00) - Cold Open
- (00:41) - Intro
- (05:53) - Ad: Get a 30-Day Free Fastmail Trial: https://join.fastmail.com/will
- (08:08) - Take Control of Windows
- (31:41) - Ad: Subscribe to Take Control of Your Tech! https://takecontrol.content.town/subscribe
- (32:49) - Take Control of Will's Tech: Home Photos and Video / Immich
- (36:38) - Take Control of Will's Tech: Umbriel, Noctalia's Answer to Niri
- (39:43) - Listener Questions: Matt Wants to Take Control of His Router
- (47:23) - Listener Questions: Jerry Wants to Get Rid of Roku
- (50:12) - Listener Questions: Andrew Wants Self-Hosted Multiplayer to Return
- (53:42) - Ad: Get a Free Fastmail Trial at https://join.fastmail.com/will
- (55:59) - Last Week's Homework: Fix Something That Annoys You About Your Computer
- (58:23) - Homework: What You All Did!
- (59:18) - Next week's homework: Take Control of Windows!
- (01:00:41) - Thanks for listening!
- (01:01:42) - Post-Music Nonsense
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