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by jazzyjackson 1291 days ago
> Hit Windows key and start searching for that app you want to use—only to be force-fed a bunch of celebrity gossip

I, too, found that start menu has degraded in utility, mostly that it's not deterministic anymore so I can't just type windows key + prefix + enter to open the program, but I have to type more letters in and wait for the AI to stop re-ordering entries before I hit enter. Jeez. Found this solution, good way to spend 5 bucks:

https://www.startisback.com/

2 comments

When is someone gonna compile projects like this into a reasonable "distro" for Windows?

;-)

> force-fed a bunch of celebrity gossip

The weather widget now also serves this and stock market tickers. Making it slower and annoying.

Works in Win10, yay.