Microsoft finally admitted Windows 11 was broken, but I've already moved on
…Windows may be known for supporting more software than any other platform, but most of that software isn't really a requirement for a lot of people. I can run my browser…
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I thought a VPS would replace my home server, but the real costs caught me off guard
…A VPS without access to an integrated or dedicated GPU limits hardware transcoding, resulting in poor performance. And even when it works via software transcoding on a shared vCPU, the performance isn…
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS drops next month, but there's a strong case for skipping it entirely
…Pop! OS is another solid option which has recently switched from the GNOME desktop to the entirely new COSMIC desktop, and while it's still a bit basic, it's already got…
Stop buying networking gear for your smart home that looks good on paper but fails in practice
…It claimed fast dual-band performance, broad coverage, and easy smart-home support, which is exactly the kind of language that gets you at checkout. Once I actually put it to work…
I integrated Google Drive into Claude and my productivity tripled in no time
…When not immersed in tech jargon, you’ll find him sipping chai, pondering the next software review, and occasionally indulging in a friendly debate about mechanical keyboards. Sign in to your XDA…
The Flipper One is finally official, but Flipper isn't selling it yet — they're asking for help to build it
…My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional elements of Android apps and smartphones such as performance, and I’ve been working in the tech industry…
I stopped treating Claude like a chatbot, and it became my best co-worker
…much better Claude performs . When you give it the right environment to work with you, its capacity to think alongside you reaches a whole new level. Claude OS Windows, macOS Individual pricing…
GPT-5.4 launched as the most powerful model ever... and I switched back to Claude in a week
…They're also not so far apart in performance. OpenAI might be claiming GPT-5.4 is the most powerful model, but Claude is better in SWE-Bench, the most commonly cited…
Opera GX on Linux gets a lot right, but there's one flaw gamers can't overlook
…Kocemba said that Opera GX is the only browser he knows where slow performance is a good thing. This is because you can throttle how much of your hardware the browser uses…
I tested whether Claude's free plan could replace my Gemini subscription, and it surprised me in ways I didn't expect
Megan Ellis May 3, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT Megan is a Software Writer at XDA Developers who has been writing about consumer technology since 2016. With a postgraduate degree in New…